“Many Australians are in difficulty overseas as the pandemic continues and have been prevented from getting home by the flight limits already imposed by the Australian government,” Mr de Kretser said. “The Australian government should support them, not abandon and criminalise them at the worst possible time.”
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He confirmed the centre was exploring a legal challenge.
Because Australia has no charter of human rights, any domestic legal challenge would either be made on constitutional grounds before the High Court, or on administrative law grounds before the Federal Court, law experts Professor Anne Twomey and Professor George Williams both suggested.
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Speaking via a webcam from perhaps the most secretive regime on earth, the North Korean official outlined his countryâs âgrave concernsâ for human rights â not in his own authoritarian nation, where millions are said to be on the brink of starvation following brutal COVID-19 lockdowns; he was talking about Australia.
In January, the Australian government faced a grilling before the United Nations during the latest review of its human rights record. All countries in the UN find themselves in the hot seat once every five years, and it often devolves into finger-pointing â this time ârecommendationsâ for Australia from North Korea and a heated warning from China not to âmake baseless charges against other countries for political purposesâ raised eyebrows.