I was fascinated to hear on the radio last week that the Victorian Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities Act creates no rights that are enforceable in a court or tribunal nor does it empower the Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission to do anything about a breach of human rights, it’s simply a compliance reporting tool for the government. It can only be hoped that any federal Charter doesn’t go down this path and actually creates rights that can be enforced against the government and others, otherwise what’s the point? It’d just be smoke and mirrors.