2009 Menzies Lecture by John Howard

Proposed Charter of Rights

It is a great honour to be back at the University of Western Australia and a special privilege to deliver this Menzies Lecture.

I do so with the double enthusiasm of my admiration for the person after whom the Lecture is named, as well as my energetic commitment to preventing Australia going down the misguided path of embracing a Bill of Rights in the totally false belief that such action would expand our individual liberties.

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