Newspaper items used in the compilation of this issue outline; these meet VCE (Victorian Certificate of Education) English requirements
THE AUSTRALIAN: January 9, page 2, news item by Rick Wallace, `Lawyers eye off charter breaches'.
http://metafind.iii.com:9797/MuseSessionID=6628ef59a0bd3f571f965b73d825996b/MuseHost=acthra.anu.edu.au/MuseFirst=1/media/Lawyers%20eye%20off%20charter%20breaches.pdf
THE AGE: January 8, page 11, comment (with Spooner cartoon) by Karen Kissane, `Exerting a moral force'.
http://metafind.iii.com:9797/MuseSessionID=6628ef59a0bd3f571f965b73d825996b/MuseHost=acthra.anu.edu.au/MuseFirst=1/media/Exerting%20a%20moral%20force.doc
HERALD-SUN: January 7, page 18, comment by Hugh de Kretser, `A charter we can celebrate'.
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,23014057-5000117,00.html
THE AGE: January 17, page 8, news item by Peter Gregory, `Rights charter aids bail claim'.
http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/rights-charter-aids-bail-claim/2008/01/16/1200419885320.html
THE AGE: January 16, page 15, comment by John Roskam, `A social order Australia does not need'.
http://www.theage.com.au/news/opinion/a-social-order-australia-does-not-need/2008/01/15/1200159445895.html
HERALD-SUN: January 11, page 21, news item by Crawford and Higginbottom, `Charter cost may soar'.
http://metafind.iii.com:9797/MuseSessionID=6628ef59a0bd3f571f965b73d825996b/MuseHost=acthra.anu.edu.au/MuseFirst=1/media/Charter%20cost%20may%20soar%20Police%20back%20human%20rights%20move.pdf
HERALD-SUN: January 28, page 18, comment by Dr Helen Szoke, `Protecting people'.
http://www.humanrightscommission.vic.gov.au/news%20and%20events/media%20releases/20080128.asp
THE AUSTRALIAN: April 2, page 14, comment by James Allan, `Giving lawyers more power will cut our liberties'.
http://metafind.iii.com:9797/MuseSessionID=6628ef59a0bd3f571f965b73d825996b/MuseHost=acthra.anu.edu.au/media/2008/Giving%20lawyers%20more%20power.pdf
THE AUSTRALIAN: April 16, page 7, news item by Paul Maley, `Christian bodies fear charter of rights'. (below link is a copy and comment on original item)
http://groups.google.com/group/aus.education/browse_thread/thread/3a7ceee7f4b1c54a
THE AUSTRALIAN: April 12, page 3, news item by Paul Maley, `Human rights group to argue for charter'.
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23525282-5013871,00.html
THE AUSTRALIAN: April 12, page 18, editorial, 'Flaws in a charter'
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23525412-16382,00.html
THE AUSTRALIAN: April 11, page 3, news item by Michael Pelly, `Charter of rights won't fix society's wrongs, says A-G'.
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23520857-5013404,00.html
THE AUSTRALIAN: April 24, page 14, comment by former NSW Premier Bob Carr, `Lawyers are already drunk with power'.
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23588943-7583,00.html
THE AUSTRALIAN: April 23, page 14, comment by Janet Albrechtsen, `Beware the galloping imperialist judiciary'.
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23583373-7583,00.html
HERALD-SUN: May 1, page 30, comment by Mirko Bagaric, `Bill of rights all wrong'.
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,23625158-5000117,00.html
THE AUSTRALIAN: April 28, page 3, news item by Michael Pelly, `Top judge questions need for rights bill'.
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23607857-5006784,00.html
THE AGE: May 7, page 9, news item by Steve Butcher, `Court delays "destroy" rights'.
THE AGE: May 11, page 3, analysis by Michael Bachelard, `Human rights or a get-out-of-jail-free card?'.
http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/human-rights-or-a-getoutofjailfree-card/2008/05/10/1210131335145.html