Inquiry into the Detention of People with Cognitive and Psychiatric Impairment in Australia

The legal apparatus that provides for a person with a cognitive disability to be detained, without review and on an indefinite basis, is concerning. The right to liberty, and the associated right to humane treatment while being deprived of liberty, are core tenets of Liberty Victoria[1] and are also enshrined under international human rights law.[2]

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Waleed Aly gets year’s top award for free speech

Submitted by Liberty Victoria on Fri, 29/04/2016 - 17:23

Fresh from his nomination for a Logie in next month’s awards, the commentator, academic, lawyer, presenter and rock musician Waleed Aly has been named as an Australian leader in free speech.

He will receive the Voltaire Award from the human rights group Liberty Victoria, given annually to the person or organisation making an outstanding contribution to free speech.

Announcing the award Liberty President George Georgiou SC said today: “There can be no doubting the clarity and the courage of Waleed Aly’s contributions to many areas crucial to public life in Australia.

Myki fines – know your rights

Submitted by Liberty Victoria on Wed, 06/04/2016 - 17:23

More than $44 million in public transport fines in Victoria could be challenged through a new website.

Last financial year, more than 250,000 fines were handed out to Victorian commuters, worth more than $44 million. A new website www.mykifines.org.au, launched today, seeks to empower people to challenge unfair public transport fines.

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