National Management Group for the National Fire Ant Eradication Program, supported with technical advice provided by a national consultative committee (NBMCC), chaired by Dr John Robertson, have deemed it acceptable to deny basic human rights in Queensland. Transparency on who these decision makers are and their exact role in denying basic human rights in Queensland is non-existant and held in secretcy under a cabinet in convidence arrangement.
Obviously the DAF and/or DPI state and federal ministers are involved and the heads of state and federal Biosecurity departments form the National Managment Group. The decision making process and ultimate enablers of human right violations remains hidden in darkness.
As a public entity, the Department of Primary Industries (QLD) is required to act and make decisions in a way that is compatible with human rights as per section 58(1)(a) of the Human Rights Act 2019 (Qld) (HRA).
Further, when making decisions, the Department must give proper consideration to a human right that is relevant to the decision (section 58(1)(b) HRA.
The decision makers have deemed it reasonable to violate Queenslanders Human Rights under the (false) pretense that eradication of fire ants is possible and that achieving this goal is more important than individual human rights. This is because the Human Rights Act (HRA) does not give absolute rights. Instead, the HRA provides that rights may be subject to reasonable limits that can be demonstrably justifiable in a free and democratic society based on human dignity, equality and freedom: section 13(1) of the HRA.
The current NFAEP strategy is unreasonably breaching Property Rights and the Right to privacy and reputation of the Human Rights Act.
The current NFAEP strategy must be stopped immediately.
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