Last week Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus put an end to Canberra lawyer Bernard Collaery’s criminal prosecution.
Liberty Victoria in the News
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The unconscionable prosecution of Bernard Collaery was an assault on the values Australia holds dear
- The ConversationDate: July 12, 2022 -
Media Type: Article - The Australian
Jason Roberts will face an uncertain legal path to a major compensation payout for his more than 20 years’ imprisonment because Victoria’s human rights provisions do not carry the same powers...
Date: July 12, 2022 -
- Green Left Weekly
Michael Stanton of Liberty Victoria ...
Date: June 29, 2022 -
- The Age
Australian authorities have had a “myopic” focus on Islamist extremism since 9/11, experts have lamented, warning that it has come at the expense of identifying the rise of far-right extremism....
Date: June 16, 2022 -
Media Type: Article - SBS
A "myopic" focus on Islamist extremism in Australia since 2001's September 11 attacks in the United States has come at the expense of monitoring the far-right movement, a Victorian parliamentary...
Date: June 16, 2022 -
Media Type: Article - The Guardian
Michael Stanton, president of Liberty Victoria, told the upper house’s legal and social issues committee that any reform needed to ensure free speech was balanced with people’s right to live...
Date: June 16, 2022 -
Media Type: Article - The Age
Liberty Victoria president Michael Stanton has stated that “such draconian measures are plainly inappropriate” and appeared to be “intended to have a chilling effect on protest activity”. They...
Date: June 10, 2022 -
Media Type: Article - The Guardian
Gemma Cafarella, a barrister and spokesperson for Liberty Victoria, said no evidence had been presented to back up the claim that there was a threat to workers’ safety, or that existing laws,...
Date: May 28, 2022 -
Media Type: Article - The Age
Liberty Victoria president Michael Stanton said the organisation opposed the new penalties, which appeared to be “plainly intended to have a chilling effect on protest activity”.
“Such...
Date: May 27, 2022 -
Media Type: Audio - 3CR
Gemma Cafarella is a barrister who practises in public law, including discrimination and sexual harassment matters. Gemma is the Chair of Liberty Victoria's Government Regulation and Equality...
Date: April 21, 2022