ASSESSING RIGHTS IN AUSTRALIA: THE SCORECARDThe Australian Human Rights Assessment is a new initiative from the Australian Human Rights Commission to check-up each year on protections.The inaugural 2026 assessment includes a scorecard which acknowledges advances and urgent concerns across six key themes.The themes are: Democratic freedoms, Racism and migration, Safety, Economic justice, First Peoples' justice, Equality and fairness.URGENT CONCERNS* The lack of a federal human rights act, making Australia the only advanced democracy without a comprehensive human rights legal framework* Large-scale poverty and homelessness* An unequal taxation system which favours the rich* Rising anti-Semitism, Islamophobia and racism towards various groups,...