Liberty Victoria president Julia Kretzenbacher said the state should replicate WA’s laws because even one instance of police being granted access via a court order would seriously undermine the...
Liberty Victoria in the News
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Media Type: Article - The AgeDate: June 22, 2021
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Media Type: Audio - 3AW Newstalk
Liberty Victoria spokesperson and public law barrister, Gemma Cafarella, says if police have access to check-in data it damages confidence in the system.
“Allowing police access means...
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Media Type: Article - The Age
Greg Buchhorn, a lawyer and policy committee member of civil rights group Liberty Victoria, said the broad State of Emergency laws have resulted in some extreme intrusions on individual rights,...
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Media Type: Article - The Age
Liberty Victoria’s Julia Kretzenbacher said the current laws meant people were being remanded in custody for relatively minor indictable offences, such as possession of a small amount of...
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Media Type: Article - ABC News
No work rights, no study rights, no access to Medicare.
That's the situation facing a number of asylum seekers who are being denied access to bridging visas while they await claims for...Date: May 4, 2021 -
Media Type: Article - ABC News
Some advocates are also questioning whether the ban could potentially be a violation of Australia's international law obligations.
"The section that the minister has made the emergency...
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Media Type: Video - Monash University
"There is a very big difference between people wanting to hand over photos of their weekend via Instagram and giving very sensitive information to government in a way that could be used against...
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Media Type: Article - Herald Sun
It comes as the Herald Sun on Tuesday revealed a radical plan by the County Court to overhaul the state’s ...
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Media Type: Article - Green Left
Isabella Farrell-Hallegraeff, from Liberty Victoria's Rights Advocacy Project, explained that people on bridging visas often wait many years for their claim for refugee status to be assessed....
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Media Type: Audio - Mornings - ABC Radio Melbourne
Liberty Victoria's Michael Stanton discusses submissions made to the sex offenders register with Ali Moore
Date: April 13, 2021