The Bill of Rights was first originated from England, where it asserts for constitutional protection for individuals, and lists different types of prohibitions on government power (Bill of rights institute, 2016). The process of which Australia became a nation, Federation, it involved constitutional conventions, although our constitutional founders addressed that the issue of the Bill of Rights, they ultimately decided against it. McClelland (2002, pg. 138) describes the rejection of proposals to include fundamental rights in Australia’s constitution that was not based on considered arguments. The basic rights of Australians were adequately protected by common law, but instead, it was a combination of racist motives and an obsession with preserving
