Liberty Victoria's Sam Norton said the state got the balance wrong on bail laws after Bourke Street, allowing for repeat offenders to be held on remand for low-level crimes such as shoplifting...
Liberty Victoria's Sam Norton said the state got the balance wrong on bail laws after Bourke Street, allowing for repeat offenders to be held on remand for low-level crimes such as shoplifting...
Legal groups, MPs and the partner of Veronica Nelson are urging the Victorian government not to squander the opportunity to overhaul the state’s bail laws following a major coronial inquest into...
Vice president of Liberty Victoria, Michelle Bennett, said a lack of trained staff could be a “life or death” issue for prisoners, and that time in cells should be strictly limited.
“For...
It is a sad indictment upon Executive government, that a costly charade is exactly what the AAT had become. The level of Executive interference with the constitution and operation of the tribunal...
Liberty Victoria said it was vital the minimum age of criminal responsibility was raised to 14 in Victoria.
"This is not a matter that should result in compromise. Children don't belong in...
In comments over the weekend, the president of Liberty Victoria, Michael Stanton, said there was "no need" for Ms Cumming's "inflammatory rhetoric".
"The state election...
Liberty Victoria president Michael Stanton told The Sunday Age the government should have made plans for this situation to ensure people who were sick with the virus could still vote.
“...
Tass, Lisa and Janet talk to Voltaire Award for Human Rights recipient, Brenda Appleton, about the award and Liberty Victoria
A legislative solution is the only way to prevent secret ministerial appointments says the New South Wales Council for Civil Liberties, Liberty Victoria and South Australian Council for Civil...
Liberty Victoria President Michael Stanton warned against sweeping reforms to combat the influence of far-right extremism during public hearings in June.
"We need to make sure that in...