Talking about an Australian Charter of Human Rights & Freedoms: Our messaging guide
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The Human Rights Law Centre is committed to building public and political support for the creation of an Australian Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms.
We are working with a wide range of community and not-for-profit organisations and finding ways to encourage and facilitate thousands of people right across Australia to get involved, have their say, and help put a Charter of Human Rights on the national agenda.
This messaging guide seeks to help people and organisations who are advocating for a Charter to craft their public messages in a way that will energise supporters and convince neutral audiences about the many benefits a Charter will provide to the whole community.
The messaging guide draws on research conducted in 2019 – both reflective analysis of past advocacy efforts and detailed market research using focus group discussions and online surveys and testing.
The guide is not static – the messages will evolve over time as the context in which they are used and our strategies develop. We will publish updated versions of this guide in coming years.
Thanks to everyone who helped make this research possible especially Oak Foundation, the Lord Mayor’s Charitable Foundation and the Castan Centre for Human Rights.
And of course a big thanks to everyone helping to build the campaign and spreading the word about why we need to create an Australian Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms.
Together we can make it happen!
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Our lives are better when we all treat each other with respect & fairness. An Australian Charter of Human Rights will ensure the decisions of our governments are guided by the values of freedom, equality & dignity. Together we can make it a reality. https://t.co/KNvaC59ndr
— Charter of Rights (@RightsCharter) January 23, 2020
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