Today's Australian politicians could learn from the life of Dr H V Evatt that sticking to fundamental principles is more important than bending their policies to transient opinion polls and that Australia should offer the world the path of internationalism as the alternative to destructive nationalism.
Multiculturalism is preferable to ethnic violence.
The film was launched at Parliament House, Sydney by Justice Michael Kirby. Justice Kirby is President of the New South Wales Court of Appeal and holds a number of United Nations positions. But despite some serious faults in character, Dr Evatt emerged as a remarkably forward looking man. Ironically, he was more celebrated outside Australia than within, where he was always a highly controversial figure. His work as one of the drafters of the UN Charter, as President of the UN General Assembly and supporter of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights assure Evatt of an honoured place in history.