Working with Children Amendment Bill 2016

This Bill seeks to amend the Working with Children Act 2005 (Vic) (“the Act”). We recognise that the amendments in this Bill arise in part out of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, and that the protection of children is paramount in consideration of the implementation of this Bill. However, it is our view that the Bill goes beyond the limits of what is reasonable and practicable in balancing the interests of children with the rights of people to be involved in the lives of children.

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Rights group flays Refugee life ban

Submitted by Liberty Victoria on Tue, 08/11/2016 - 13:08

Rights group flays

Refugee life ban

The human rights group Liberty Victoria has condemned the Federal Government's decision to ban any asylum seeker who has attempted to reach Australia.

Liberty president George Georgiou SC said, "This is is total overreach. It  ignores the fact that the government's offshore detention policy is failing and in disarray.

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Liberty Vice President Michael Stanton on RRR The Party Show discussing the situation on prisons

Listen to Liberty Vice President Michael Stanton on RRR The Party Show discussing the overcrowding of prisons and mandatory sentencing:

At 51.22 minutes:

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Inquiry into serious allegations of abuse, self-harm and neglect of asylum seekers on Nauru and Manus RPCs

Liberty Victoria previously made a submission to the Inquiry into the Conditions and Treatment of Asylum Seekers and Refugees at the Regional Processing Centres in the Republic of Nauru and Papua New Guinea (former Inquiry). This submission into the serious allegations of abuse, self-harm and neglect of asylum seekers in relation to the Nauru Regional Processing Centre and Manus Regional Processing Centre updates the Committee on Liberty Victoria’s position regarding the healthcare provided to asylum seekers in Regional Processing Centres (RPCs).

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Locking teenagers in adult jails both dangerous and wrong

Submitted by Liberty Victoria on Tue, 15/11/2016 - 16:21

Teenagers don't belong in an adult jail, even when things get hard. Placing them with adult prisoners is exposing them to dangerous influences and the risk of abuse.

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youth
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Community lawyer to lead human rights organisation

Submitted by Liberty Victoria on Thu, 01/12/2016 - 16:07

Community lawyer and lecturer Jessie Taylor has been elected president of one of Australia's leading human rights organisations,
Liberty Victoria.

Ms Taylor BA(Hons) LLB(Hons) MSc(HA) is a lecturer in the Faculty of Law at Monash University and on the Board of the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre.

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