Liberty Victoria welcomes Ombudsmans Report into the Public Housing Hard Lockdown
Author: Liberty VictoriaLiberty Victoria welcomes today’s Ombudsman’s Report into the public housing ‘hard lockdown’ in July of this year. As
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Overuse of Fines – 10 News
President of Liberty Victoria Julia Kretzenbacher discussing the overuse of fines & how it disproportionately impacted communities experiencing disadvantage on 10
Press Release – Liberty Victoria – The time has come for responsible, peaceful and socially distanced protest activity to be lawful in the State of Victoria.
Author: Liberty VictoriaThe time has come for it to be made clear that responsible, peaceful and socially distanced protest activity
Channel 7 News – Police Drones on Grand Final Day
Liberty Victoria’s Sam Norton has a brief appearance on 7 news Media Type: Video Source: Channel 7Author: 7 News Link
Vice President of Liberty Victoria says that drones are a significant incursion of people’s privacy
Privacy concerns have been raised over Victoria Police using drones to monitor Victorians on AFL grand final day. Vice president
Electronic tag plan for travellers as shift from hotel quarantine considered
The Andrews government is examining scaling back the botched hotel quarantine program and using electronic monitoring devices for some returned
What is the point of fines
Julia Kretzenbacher discusses the issue of covid-19 fines on the Breakfast program.Listen from 1.17.15 Media Type: Audio Source: ABC RadioAuthor: Breakfast
Only a tiny fraction of Victoria’s lockdown fines have been paid
Liberty Victoria vice-president Julia Kretzenbacher called on police to show restraint with fines, and to instead issue more warnings to
Liberty Victoria – The proposal to reduce jury sizes from 12 to 8 is wrong and should not be implemented.
Author: Liberty VictoriaThe proposal reported on in the media that there was consideration to reduce jury sizes from 12 to
Victorian Premier standing firm on Melbourne’s curfew
The Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews is standing firm on retaining the 9pm-5am curfew for Melbourne, even though new cases of
‘Overreach and overzealous’: concerns over Victoria’s proposed new police powers
The state government insists expanded police powers are needed to help battle Covid-19, but civil rights groups disagree Media Type:
Liberty Victoria very concerned about proposed new powers introduced in the COVID-19 (Emergency Measures) Bill
Author: Liberty VictoriaLiberty Victoria is very concerned about the new powers sought to be introduced by the COVID‑19 (Emergency Measures)