Julia Kretzenbacher Vice President of Liberty Victoria discusses the covid-19 restrictions on Neil Mitchells 3AW program.
Liberty Victoria in the News
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Media Type: Audio - 3AWDate: April 1, 2020
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Media Type: Audio - 3CR
The call for humane decarceration during this pandemic & some civil rights concerns about the govt response so far. With Criminal Lawyer and Liberty Victoria Vice President Julia...
Date: April 1, 2020 -
Media Type: Article - The Sun Herald
Victorians are facing fines of up to $20,000 for serious breaches of the state's tough new stay-at-home directions. But critics say confuion around the new regulations which will be in place...
Date: April 1, 2020 -
Media Type: Article - The New Daily
Both the community and government are “rightly focusing” on “what needs to happen to keep us safe” in light of the “threat that is posed to the health and safety of us all” by COVID-19, Liberty...
Date: April 1, 2020 -
Media Type: Article - The Guardian
Most states say police will use discretion over potential social distancing violations, but rights advocates argue public messaging on new laws can be unclear.
Julian Burnside, a human...
Date: March 31, 2020 -
Media Type: Article - Sun Herald
Liberty Victoria's call to decarcerate the state's jails and detention centres to reduce the transmission of COVID-19 has been reported by the Sun-Herald
Date: March 26, 2020 -
Media Type: Article - Buzzfeed News
The decision over the weekend to halt new jury trials in New South Wales and Victoria — Australia’s most populous states — was the first real COVID-19 shock to hit the justice system. It...
Date: March 17, 2020 -
Media Type: Article - The Saturday Paper
For nearly a decade, Payam Saadat has fought for compensation over the trauma he endured in immigration detention. More than 60 other cases rely on the result of his trial.
Rick Morton...
Date: February 19, 2020 -
Media Type: Audio - 7am
Rick Morton discusses the case of Payam Saadat. The federal government is holding up a bid to compensate more than 60 people who allegedly suffered psychological trauma in immigration detention...
Date: February 19, 2020 -
Media Type: Article - Law Institute Journal
LIV Human Rights Committee member and Liberty Victoria vice-president Jamie Gardiner says the legislation "purports to give so-called statements of belief or religious expression absolute...
Date: January 30, 2020