AHRC targets robodebt, Covid policies and indefinite detention in push for federal human rights act
New report says a Human Rights Act could have prevented ‘abandonment’ of Australians overseas in Covid pandemic
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The Australian Human Rights Commission has taken aim at the robodebt program, indefinite detention and Covid policies in a new report setting out a model for a federal Human Rights Act.
According to the AHRC, a Human Rights Act could have provided safeguards to help prevent robodebt, and the “abandonment” and “potential endangerment” of Australians overseas during the pandemic.
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