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...
Liberty Victoria in the News
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Media Type: Article - The New DailyDate: April 1, 2020
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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: 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 - 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: 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 -
Media Type: Article - The Age
The state’s courts are also dealing with record numbers of accused offenders being stuck behind bars as years of tightening bail laws continue to bite.
Liberty Victoria vice-president Jamie...
Date: November 14, 2019 -
Media Type: Article - Sydney Morning Herald
Civil liberties groups including Liberty Victoria argued last week that existing laws could be used to punish violent protesters and that calling on consumers to stop spending with a specific...
Date: November 5, 2019 -
Media Type: Article - Macrobusiness
Liberty Victoria president Jessie Taylor warned of an “extraordinary incursion into free speech” in Mr Morrison’s stated intention when the right to protest and boycott was at the heart of most...
Date: November 4, 2019