The Australian Constitution already had a Bill of Rights implied in it, according to an argument put by a High Court judge yesterday.
Justice John Toohey hinted that a court could go much further in implying a bill of rights into the present Australian Constitution than it did in the two freedom-of-speech cases brought down last week.
He said also that Australia did not protect individual liberties as well as those nations with bills of rights.
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