Philip Ruddock (Berowra, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

Well, some would argue that this issue has to be examined, weighed and taken into account. This is what this committee is endeavouring to do for you and for other members, to ensure that we are better informed. We try to look at the jurisprudence—the way in which these matters have been looked at by courts, sometimes in jurisdictions well away from ourselves—and we find that there is no end of experts who want to assist us with suggestions as to how they think these human rights instruments should be applied.

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