Charter of rights foes tilting at scary straw monsters 
"Indeed, most of the time they have been firing away at something that is not remotely likely to emerge in Australia, namely an entrenched constitutional bill of rights, a la the United States of America. We're far too frightened and insecure a country for anything as heroic as that." And I love this paragraph: 'I see in the paper the other day that Hatzistergos responded to Justice Michael Kirby's support for a charter of rights. "His Honour is profoundly wrong," said the state Attorney General, and then this, a truly remarkable sentence coming from a member of the NSW Government: "We have democratically elected politicians with the capacity, the mandate, the authority, the skill and the experience to be able to reflect the values of the community and distil those into legislation."'
http://www.smh.com.au/news/opinion/richard-ackland/charter-foes-tilting-at-scary-straw-monsters/2008/12/04/1228257224294.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap1
"Indeed, most of the time they have been firing away at something that is not remotely likely to emerge in Australia, namely an entrenched constitutional bill of rights, a la the United States of America. We're far too frightened and insecure a country for anything as heroic as that." And I love this paragraph: 'I see in the paper the other day that Hatzistergos responded to Justice Michael Kirby's support for a charter of rights. "His Honour is profoundly wrong," said the state Attorney General, and then this, a truly remarkable sentence coming from a member of the NSW Government: "We have democratically elected politicians with the capacity, the mandate, the authority, the skill and the experience to be able to reflect the values of the community and distil those into legislation."'
http://www.smh.com.au/news/opinion/richard-ackland/charter-foes-tilting-at-scary-straw-monsters/2008/12/04/1228257224294.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap1
