The only thing I can think of in my brief studies of constitutional law, is the government has signed the UN treaty's and is therefore obliged to respect them (constitutionally). That's one way of tieing the hands of the government to something not laid out in the constitution. But yeah, agreed with Mark low hopes on this route. I've also consulted my old man who has been a lawyer for 42 years and he similarly said not much hope going down a legal path, something which he has attempted before.
On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 2:38 PM, Mark Neely <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > Unlike most Western democracies, Australia doesn't have any constitutional > protection for 'rights'. We don't have a Bill of Rights like the US, for > example. > > In fact, there is no legal protection of freedom of speech, freedom of > association etc. There has been several attempts to change the constitution > or otherwise legislate protection of our rights (ironically, mostly > attempted by Labor governments), but none have succeeded. > > (Constitutional Law was my favourite subject at law school :) > > Regards, > > Mark > > ------------------------------ > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *Ash Angell > *Sent:* Wednesday, 29 October 2008 1:17 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [SiliconBeach] Re: ISP filtering > > I wonder if it could be considered "unconstitutional"? Does anyone here > happen to have extensive knowledge in that feild? > > Ash > > > > > -- Elias Bizannes http://liako.biz --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Silicon Beach Australia" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
