Inquiry into Anti-Vilification Protections

This submission will focus upon the impact of vilification on people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual,
trans and gender diverse, queer, and people born with variation in sex characteristics (LGBTIQ).
There is a wealth of information – in the form of both studies and anecdotal evidence – to
demonstrate that LGBTIQ people experience a significant and unacceptable level of vilification and
abuse in their daily lives. The examples shared with us by members of the LGBTIQ community and

Liberty Victoria calls for the immediate release of all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians currently held in immigration detention

Submitted by Liberty Victoria on Tue, 11/02/2020 - 16:07

Liberty Victoria welcomes the High Court’s decision handed down today, which recognises
that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people cannot be considered “aliens” under the
Australian Constitution.

Liberty Victoria calls for the immediate release of all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
Australians currently held in immigration detention, and for constitutional recognition of
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

Religious Discrimination Bill Exposure Draft

Although this proposed Bill may have started as a stock-standard anti-discrimination bill for the attribute of religious belief or activity (as has long been a part of the Victorian Equal Opportunity Act, for example) it has developed a number of cancerous excrescences which made it unsupportable in the first version, and make it even less supportable in the second. It can only be saved, if at all, by radical surgery such as an optimistic surgeon might attempt for late stage metastatic cancer.

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