The Australian Greens, meanwhile, have asked that it be repealed and redrafted.
March 14, 2021 23:24 GMT (16:24 PDT) | Topic: Security
Australia s new Online Safety Bill was introduced to Parliament on February 24, eight business days after consultation on the draft legislation closed and before the submissions to the consultation were published. It was handed to a Senate committee on February 25 and after holding one public hearing, the committee has handed down its report.
Despite testimony from tech companies and civil liberties groups, the Environment and Communications Legislation Committee has made a total of two recommendations.
One of the recommendations simply state: The committee recommends that the Bills be passed .
The Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights has published
Government s Independent Human Rights Act Review, which concludes that the HRA has had an enormously positive impact on the enforcement of human rights in the UK, and finds that there is no case for reform under the terms of reference of the Government s review.
On the basis of evidence heard to date, the Committee have found that there is no compelling case for reform of the HRA under the Independent Review s Terms of Reference.
The JCHR found that the legislation:
Respects parliamentary sovereignty;
Does not draw the UK courts into making decisions which should be made by Parliament and Government;
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Banning indoor visits to elderly relatives in care homes could soon be made illegal.
Visits resumed briefly in December after the Daily Mail campaigned for visitor testing, but the third national lockdown forced them to be stopped again.
Labour veteran Harriet Harman, chairman of the Commons joint committee on human rights, warned that outright visiting bans are a breach of the Human Rights Act.
She is leading a move, backed by campaign groups, to ensure close relatives have the same legal status as paid carers. A similar law is in place in Canada.
She said this week: We have drafted a complete set of regulations which mean a close relative is treated the same as someone who works in the home.