Two recent events have exposed some serious misunderstandings on both the right and left about how Australia’s human rights protections work — and have unhelpfully revived calls to introduce a federal charter of rights (which conservatives should resist, despite any superficial attraction).
First, a High Court judgement found the federal government can lawfully sack public servants for expressing political opinions.
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