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Liberty Victoria Updates
Post date: May 8, 2009
Brian Walters
Just when it seemed the problems in Aboriginal Australia could not get any worse they appeared to do just that. Recently some Federal politicians “discovered” child sexual abuse and domestic violence in Aboriginal communities. The discovery led to renewed calls for ‘law and order... Read more
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Liberty Victoria Updates
Post date: May 8, 2009
Brian Walters, 17 November 2007
THE hearings before the Office of Police Integrity again raise the issue of police corruption. Those hearings may well give rise to further proceedings, and it is best to avoid comment on the revelations that have emerged.
But this is an occasion to step back and... Read more
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Liberty Victoria Updates
Post date: April 10, 2009
Michael Pearce SC
THE Committee held its annual planning day on Sunday 22 February 2009. The planning day is an opportunity for the Committee to think strategically about the year ahead, to reflect on goals and policies and plan without the distractions of the normal monthly meeting agenda.
As... Read more
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Liberty Victoria Updates
Post date: April 10, 2009
Larry Stillman
I GLANCED through an old book before I started to write this article. It’s nearly 40 years since Geoffrey Dutton and Max Harris published Australia’s Censorship Crisis, and aside from the fact that electronic systems of communication are now pervasive, nothing much seems to have... Read more
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Liberty Victoria Updates
Post date: April 10, 2009
Joshua Bernshaw
In Franz Kafka’s The Trial, Josef K wakes one morning to find he has been arrested for a mysterious and unidentified offence. I have always imagined Josef K might have thought himself to be dreaming; that somehow what was happening to him, his conversations with interrogators, his... Read more
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Liberty Victoria Updates
Post date: April 10, 2009
Philippa Briglia and Lizzy Fitzgerald
YOUNG people consistently prove that they care deeply about issues of social and political importance and are prepared to commit themselves wholeheartedly to making the world a better place. Liberty Victoria is looking to harness this energy and passion by... Read more
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Liberty Victoria Updates
Post date: April 10, 2009
Aggy Kapitaniak
WHAT happens if an official does get it wrong? You have two injustices: the wrong and then the black mark against your name to remind you that you were wronged. A criminal conviction can have dire consequences on a person’s life. The law allows the court a discretion in relation to... Read more
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Liberty Victoria Updates
Post date: April 10, 2009
Georgia King-Siem
THE ‘Australia’s Rights to Know’ conference in Sydney on 24 March was essentially a conference by the media, for the media. Its focus was freedom of information (FOI) reform and protection of whistleblowers. Most of the conference participants were either journalists or lawyers... Read more
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Liberty Victoria Updates
Post date: February 17, 2009
Michael Pearce SC
LIBERTY Victoria, like many civil liberties and human rights organisations, has endured a decade or more of non-stop action: we have spent much of the last 10 years reeling from sustained and escalating attacks on rights and liberties. However, the change in the Federal Government... Read more
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Liberty Victoria Updates
Post date: February 17, 2009
Georgia King-Siem
AS MOST readers would be aware, Dr Mohamed Haneef was arrested, detained, charged and prosecuted by the Australian government in connection with terrorist bombings in the UK. At the time, the Australian government was strongly criticised for its handling of the matter.
Some... Read more
