text: do australia has excellent human right record? if australia has an excellent human right record? what is the prove?? if australia dont have then why are you say so? australia was initially declared terra nullius, meaning the land was empty and free for the uk to take. in 1992, the mabo case, the high court overrulled this ruling and restated certain rights to aboriginies.   generally speaking, australia has one of the best benifit systems, with a semi-working medicare system and dole support scheme.   but when you look at reports from dentention centres for asylum seekers (illegal immigrants), there have been several cases where human rights seems to be non-existance.   nevertheless, australia has a good human right record, especially since we don't have a bill of rights.