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Liberty Victoria Updates
Post date: December 24, 2009
Natalie Simpson
Legal representation for victims in international criminal trials is an interesting and emerging field of international criminal law currently being developed through the International Criminal Court in The Hague. Governed by Article 68 of the Rome Statute, legal representation of... Read more
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Liberty Victoria Updates
Post date: December 24, 2009
Kate Mallinson
The second Electoral Reform Green Paper was released for comment on September 23. Since 1918 the Commonwealth Electoral Act has only been rewritten once, in 1984, and consequently much of language contained in the Electoral Act is outdated, complex and in need of reform.
The Green... Read more
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Liberty Victoria Updates
Post date: December 24, 2009
Tim Warner
Should you visit a Medicare health practitioner in the second half of 2010, you will be asked to identify yourself from a list of persons who have similar names and birth dates. This will be the start of a new medical records system called the e-Health Initiative, designed to allow the... Read more
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Liberty Victoria Updates
Post date: December 24, 2009
Michael Pearce SC
In a surprise but welcome move, a senior NSW politician has called for an end to the law-and-order auctions which have prevailed in NSW politics since the 1980s. And this was not just any politician but the NSW Shadow Attorney-General Greg Smith SC MLA.
In an article in the... Read more
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Liberty Victoria Updates
Post date: December 24, 2009
Dr Alice de Jonge
When the Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities Act was enacted in 2006 it appeared that a new era had arrived in the relationship between government and citizens in Victoria. The Act was described by Professor George Williams as marking ‘a decisive departure, at least in... Read more
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Liberty Victoria Updates
Post date: December 15, 2009
2009 Missen Oration from hugh Crosthwaite on Vimeo.
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Liberty Victoria Updates
Post date: December 1, 2009
The report of the National Human Rights Consultation Committee was
released on 8 October 2009, with 31 recommendations regarding how best
to ensure human rights protection in Australia. The release of this
landmark report signifies the end of the most extensive consultation on
human rights and one... Read more
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Liberty Victoria Updates
Post date: December 1, 2009
Asylum seekers are again the subject of much commentary and debate in Australia.
As per our Media Release in April 2009, Liberty continues to urge
the media and all politicians to take a measured, fair and humane
approach to asylum seekers.
It is important to look at the facts when considering... Read more
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Liberty Victoria Updates
Post date: December 1, 2009
A 13 year old boy with Asperger Syndrome was ineligible to receive disability support services because the Victorian Department of Human Services did not consider Asperger Syndrome and other Autism Spectrum Disorders to be a "disability". The boy's mother applied to VCAT for a review of the... Read more
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Liberty Victoria Updates
Post date: December 1, 2009
A 19 year old women with cerebral palsy was left housebound and alone while the Government was acting particularly slowly in responding to her request for disability services. Her advocate noticed that her mental state was deteriorating as a result and wrote to the relevent Government department... Read more
