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Press Release
Post date: August 14, 2012
A strategic chasm lies at the heart of the Expert Panel’s report on asylum seekers.
By deciding to ship asylum seekers elsewhere, Australia is repudiating its responsibilities under the International Refugee Convention. That is, we are refusing to determine whether people who arrive here... Read more
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Liberty Victoria Updates
Post date: July 6, 2012
Thank you to everyone who attended our awards dinner on Saturday 11 August 2012! See photos on our facebbook page.
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Liberty Victoria Updates
Post date: June 28, 2012
Liberty Victoria’s particular focus in the debate with respect to media regulation in Australia is concerned with the protection of civil liberties and in particular with the desirability of underpinning the rights to freedom of expression and privacy. Professor Zifcak, Liberty's President, has... Read more
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Liberty Victoria Updates
Post date: June 28, 2012
Liberty Victoria has written to the Attorney General of Victoria expressing Liberty's concern with respect to the establishment and terms of reference set down for the Victorian Parliament’s inquiry into the sexual abuse of children by members of the clergy. Read the letter HERE.
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Press Release
Post date: June 27, 2012
The President of Liberty Victoria, Professor Spencer Zifcak, said today that he was deeply disturbed by the resignation of all but one of the members of the Victorian Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission.
“The Commission has been plunged into crisis because of the Attorney-General Robert... Read more
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Liberty Victoria Updates
Post date: May 3, 2012
Liberty Victoria has a new Office Manager, Gillian Garner, who took over the role in February. We would like to thank Trish Cameron for all her hard work over 2 years with Liberty.
At our Strategy Planning day in March we discussed the year ahead. Further information about upcoming Liberty... Read more
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Press Release
Post date: March 14, 2012
Liberty Victoria today welcomed the Baillieu Government’s response to a parliamentary committee review of the Victorian Charter of Rights and Responsibilities.
Liberty’s President, Professor Spencer Zifcak, said that “the Government has issued a reasoned and sensible response to a committee... Read more
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Liberty Victoria in the News
Post date: February 1, 2012
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Press Release
Post date: January 18, 2012
There are currently over 50 people in immigration detention in Australia who have been found to be refugees but have received adverse security assessments from the Australian Security and Intelligence Organisation (ASIO). These are people who the Minister for Immigration accepts are entitled to our... Read more
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Press Release
Post date: December 6, 2011
Liberty Victoria today condemned police interference with Occupy Melbourne demonstrators in the Flagstaff Gardens this morning, 6 December 2011.
At approximately 8.30 am, several police officers approached a female demonstrator who was wearing a small tent. This appeared to be the demonstrator’s... Read more
