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The Australian Constitution and Our Rights
Cheryl Saunders

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“The Australian Constitution says very little about human rights. In contrast to the Constitutions of most other Western countries, which list a range of rights and provide legal protection for them, the Australian Constitution includes only a small handful of provisions that deal expressly with rights. A few other rights have been implied from the text and structure of the Constitution …”