Liberty Victoria condemns the Victorian Government’s attempt to undermine the human rights of people in prison

The Victorian Council for Civil Liberties (Liberty Victoria) condemns the Victorian Government’s latest attempt to undermine the human rights of

August 13, 2026

An open letter to the city of Melbourne: Facial recognition technology is not the future we want.

An open letter to the city of Melbourne: Facial recognition technology is not the future we want The Victorian Council

May 16, 2025

Liberty Victoria Statement on Federal Election

Author: Liberty Victoria The Federal Election will be held this Saturday, 3 May 2025. Liberty Victoria does not endorse any

April 30, 2025

The Online Safety Amendment (Social Media Minimum Age) Bill 2024

Author: Liberty Victoria Submitted To: Senate Standing Committees on Environment and CommunicationsThere needs to be a more considered approach. Liberty

November 24, 2024

Victoria Police says wrongful arrest of former immigration detainee over sexual assault was not racial profiling

Police have denied racial profiling after wrongly arresting a former immigration detainee in relation to a sexual assault in an

March 1, 2024

The LIV, Liberty Victoria and Digital Rights Watch reiterate calls for MPs to respect patient autonomy in Health Sharing Bill

The LIV, Liberty Victoria and Digital Rights Watch call on members of the Legislative Council to respect patient autonomy to

March 7, 2023

Liberty Victoria Media Release on the Optus Data Breach

The Optus data breach demonstrates that our private data has not received the practical or legal protections that are required

October 5, 2022

Surveillance laws reform a chance to protect human rights

A significant review of Australia’s surveillance laws presents an opportunity to reframe these powers around upholding and protecting human rights, a

February 10, 2022

Civil Society Submission to Surveillance Law Reform

Author: Liberty Victoria, Australian Privacy Foundation and Queensland Council for Civil LIbertiesSubmitted To: Reform of Australia’s electronic surveillance framework discussion

February 8, 2022

‘Deeply concerned’: Victoria’s new no-consent health data sharing scheme

There are “serious concerns” over the Victorian government’s “unprecedented plan” to establish a centralised health data sharing system which would store

November 19, 2021

Liberty Victoria concerned about privacy implications of the Health Legislation Amendment (Information Sharing) Bill 2021

Liberty Victoria is concerned about the privacy implications of the new Health Legislation Amendment (Information Sharing) Bill 2021 which is

October 26, 2021

Surveillance Legislation Amendment (Identify and Disrupt) Bill 2020

Author: Liberty Victoria and Queensland Council for Civil LIbertiesSubmitted To: Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and SecurityAt the outset broadly

September 8, 2021