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Press Release
Post date: December 18, 2015
The Andrews Government should follow the lead of the ACT and challenge plans for a new facial recognition database, Liberty Victoria said today.
The human rights’ group President George Georgiou SC said police would get frightening access to personal information without adequate safeguards through... Read more
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Liberty Victoria in the News
Post date: December 10, 2015
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Press Release
Post date: December 3, 2015
The Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull faces a test in trying to move beyond the Abbott era rhetoric on terrorism, a leading human rights group said today.
Liberty Victoria says Mr Turnbull has been confronted by an outburst by his Chief Whip, Andrew Nikolic, who claims the threat of terrorism is so... Read more
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Liberty Victoria Updates
Post date: November 24, 2015
There can be little doubt that the cause of civil liberties and human rights has suffered a serious setback in recent times. There are a number of reasons that have been offered for this. Some understandable, others not. It is, however, worth pausing to reflect that once gone those rights and... Read more
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Press Release
Post date: October 12, 2015
A mass surveillance regime will tomorrow, 13 October, convert Australia’s communications industry into a government surveillance and monitoring agency.
Liberty Victoria said today that few people would be fully aware of the vast reach of this legislation and the potential for it to be used by some... Read more
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Liberty Victoria in the News
Post date: October 8, 2015
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Liberty Victoria in the News
Post date: October 8, 2015
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Liberty Victoria in the News
Post date: October 2, 2015
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Liberty Victoria in the News
Post date: September 29, 2015
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Liberty Victoria Updates
Post date: September 24, 2015
On the 12th of September, at our annual fundraising dinner at the San Remo Ballroom, the Liberty Victoria 2015 Voltaire Award was made to the "three brothers", Al Jazeera journalists Peter Greste, Baher Mohamed and Mohamed Fahmy. The award was given in recognition of their courage and persistence... Read more
