It was a momentary movement, done casually and with a laugh, but caught on camera by a media scrum. Following a combative back-and-forth with journalists after being sentenced for assault, Jacob...
It was a momentary movement, done casually and with a laugh, but caught on camera by a media scrum. Following a combative back-and-forth with journalists after being sentenced for assault, Jacob...
Michael Stanton, president of civil liberties group Liberty Victoria, said it was a “weak decision from a government still paranoid about being wedged on law and order instead of committing to...
Several years after a hospital safety and quality review recommended it, the state’s data sharing network may come online next year. Legal and privacy advocacy groups – including the Law Institute...
But Liberty Victoria said proponents of the legislation were using a "straw man" argument, and it was not acceptable to justify the model on the grounds it is done in states like NSW or is better...
While welcoming improved protections, Liberty Victoria president Michael Stanton said the amendments don't remedy the bill's foundational problem of not having an opt-out mechanism.
"We...
Liberty Victoria said “it’s rare for governments to admit they got the balance wrong, so credit to the Vic AG”.
“We’ll wait to see the details of the proposed reforms. Our position is that...
Liberty Victoria credited Ms Symes for admitting the government "got the balance wrong" but maintained an unacceptable risk test should be the only threshold for bail.
"If an alleged...
Liberty Victoria president Michael Stanton said the legislation needed to be amended to avoid a repeat of the Lawyer X scandal.
“Given what occurred with the Lawyer X scandal, and the High...
The Liberty Victoria president, Michael Stanton, said he had several concerns about the bill, including that the database could become a “major target for exploitation by hackers and organised...
“All around the world, the information contained in health records is recognised as a sensitive, special category of information,” Vaile said. “So one of the clearest problems with not confining...