Liberty Victoria’s Sam Norton said the justice system was responsible for delivering justice, not the police.
“Our criminal justice system delivers, our police are not there to augment it...
Liberty Victoria in the News
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Media Type: Article - Jani NewsDate: February 10, 2023
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Media Type: Audio - ABC RN
Michael Stanton President of Liberty Victoria was a guest on the Law Report
A Victorian coroner has described the treatment of an Indigenous woman in prison as inhumane and her death...
Date: February 7, 2023 -
Media Type: Article - The Guardian
Despite a range of bodies calling for change, including ...
Date: January 28, 2023 -
Media Type: Article - ABC News
Legal groups have urged the Victorian government not to delay reforming the state's tough bail laws, in anticipation of the findings of a major coronial inquest being handed down next week.
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Media Type: Article - Central Western Daily via AAP
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...
Date: January 24, 2023 -
Media Type: Article - The Age
In a submission to the Yoorrook Justice Commission, human rights organisation Liberty Victoria noted that in 2020, the rate for Aboriginal adults in custody was about 1837 per 100,000 Victorian...
Date: January 24, 2023 -
Media Type: Article - The Guardian
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...
Date: January 24, 2023 -
Media Type: Article - Sun Herald and Geelong Advertiser
Liberty Victoria president Michael Stanton described the current laws as “broken”.
“We are concerned that bail laws are increasingly being used as a means of preventive detention in some...
Date: January 24, 2023 -
Media Type: Article - The Age
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.
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Date: January 16, 2023 -
Media Type: Article - Pearls and Irritations
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...
Date: December 27, 2022