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Liberty Victoria's Sophie Trevitt Human Rights Award Winner
September 05, 2024 | Press ReleaseThis year's winner of the Sophie Trevitt Human Rights Award is Samara Fernandez-Brown, a Warlpiri woman from Yuendumu who has represented her family in their long running battle for justice and reform after her cousin, Kumanjayi Walker, was shot and...
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Liberty Victoria Supports Murphy’s Law
August 20, 2024 | Press ReleaseThe late Peta Murphy was a Committee Member of Liberty Victoria for years where she advocated for human rights. She continued that work in Parliament, including her advocacy for gambling reform and highlighting the harmful effects of gambling...
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LGBTQIA+ people deserve protection from discrimination
August 14, 2024 | Press ReleaseLiberty Victoria is disappointed by reports that the Federal Government has abandoned plans to introduce religious discrimination laws into Parliament. It is reported that as part of the abandoned plans, promises to protect LGBTIQA+ teachers and...
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Statement on Proposed Immunity for Those Involved in the Lawyer X Scandal
August 13, 2024 | Press ReleaseIt is a fundamental principle of the rule of law that no one is above the law. The law must apply equally to all of us, including those given power over citizens to act on behalf of the State.
Liberty Victoria is deeply concerned that the Allan...
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Inquiry into Right Wing Extremist Movements in Australia (Response to Questions on Notice)
August 07, 2024 | SubmissionOn 17 June 2024, we had the honour of giving evidence for the Inquiry into Right Wing Extremist Movements in Australia to the Commonwealth Senate’s Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee (the Committee).
When giving evidence we took...
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Statement on Police Disclosure in Criminal Proceedings
August 07, 2024 | Press ReleaseLiberty Victoria Statement on Police Disclosure in Criminal Proceedings
Liberty Victoria is deeply concerned by recent reports in The Guardian of a 15-year-old child being charged with murder and remanded in custody for almost a year on the basis of...
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Liberty Victoria's Voltaire Human Rights Award Winner
July 02, 2024 | Press ReleaseThe recipient of this year’s Liberty Victoria Voltaire Human Rights award is Antoinette Lattouf, in recognition of her role as a broadcaster, journalist and advocate for diversity and mental health.
As a woman from a Lebanese and working-class...
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Liberty Victoria and the Rights Advocacy Project - Statement on proposed expansion to police designated area search powers
June 25, 2024 | Press ReleaseLiberty Victoria and the Rights Advocacy Project are deeply concerned about the proposal to expand Victoria Police’s existing designated area search powers under the Control of Weapons Act 1990, which allow for the stopping and searching of any...
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Statement of Concern – Media and Political Commentary on Direction 99
June 07, 2024 | SubmissionRecent political and media attacks on legal procedures governing visa cancellation are of immense concern. They threaten the rule of law and the integrity of institutions and outcomes. The Tribunal is an expert body established by the Government as...
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Banning book featuring same-sex parents violates human rights
May 09, 2024 | Press ReleaseThe recent move by a NSW council to ban books featuring same-sex couples represents an
ongoing attack on the rights of the LGBTIQ+ community. This is deeply troubling to Liberty
Victoria. It follows a disturbing trend both in Australia and around...
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Criminal Justice
It is a fundamental principle of the rule of law that no one is above the law. The law must apply equally to all of us, including those given power...
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» Read more Government, Regulation and Equality
The late Peta Murphy was a Committee Member of Liberty Victoria for years where she advocated for human rights. She continued that work in Parliament...
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» Read more Refugees and Asylum Seekers
Liberty Victoria is appalled by the introduction of a Bill that, among other things, seeks to jail people for at least a year if they fail to assist...
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» Read more Privacy and Private Life
Police have denied racial profiling after wrongly arresting a former immigration detainee in relation to a sexual assault in an inner Melbourne...
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