Victoria’s Justice Statement: Rights or Rhetoric? [Or...‘There’s No Show Without Punch!’

Victoria’s Justice Statement: Rights or
Rhetoric? [Or...‘There’s No Show Without
Punch!’]
Karen Gurney and Eithne Mills
Deakin University Law School
http://www.murdoch.edu.au/elaw/issues/v12n1_2/Mills12_1.html
Contents
• Introduction
• Human rights and the requirement of non-discrimination
• Transsexualism and the need for documented legal status following
affirmation of sexual identity
• A subtle discrimination pre justice statement
• Discrimination enshrined in law post justice statement
• The Births, Deaths & Marriages Registration (Amendment) Act 2004
• No provision for the young
• No provision where prior marriage is intact
• The forgotten few - the old, the sick...and men?
• The Corrections and Major Crimes (Investigative Powers) Acts
(Amendment) Act 2004: Another cause of discontent
• Conclusion
• Notes
Punch:
My name is Punchinello,
All dressed in red and yellow,
I'm such a clever fellow.
Rootitootitooit!

[Suddenly he stops] What's that? Who's that? Is that the Devil?
Goodbye everybody! Bye bye! Bye bye! [Exits waving]

[Out comes Joey the clown, looking for Mr Punch]

Joey:

Mr Punch? Mr Punch? Has Mr Punch gone?

Oh dear. Well that must be the end of our show, cos there's no
show without Punch. I hope you have all enjoyed yerselves? If
you've had fun then we've had fun too. Goodbye everyone!
Goodbye! [Exits waving]

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