Just a quick comment on the retirement of ACT Chief Minister Jon Stanhope. He appears to be unique in Australian political history as a major party leader (with the exception of Doc Evatt) leading from the front with a human rights agenda see here .
While leaders like Kevin Rudd squibbed it on a proposed human rights charter following a sustained attack from News Ltd, not helped either by internal opposition from the disgusting figure of Bob Carr (what did that sad weasel ever achieve?), Stanhope led with a moral authority lacking in this generation of political apparatchiks.
But most interesting of all for me was the comment of the (Croatian) Leader of the Opposition, Zed Seselja, who accused Stanhope of having a "personal obsession" with human rights. The question I'd ask however is why is your average Croatian so vehemently opposed to human rights? Curious indeed.
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