Latest articles and news by Liberty Victoria

  • Victoria records 24 new local COVID-19 cases as Melbourne wakes to tougher lockdown rules

    Liberty Victoria in the News
    Post date: August 17, 2021
    The Victorian Council for Civil Liberties also questioned whether there was any evidence to support the reintroduction of a curfew. "Merely making policing easier should not be a foundation for such restrictions on our freedom of movement," it said in a tweet.

  • Mohamed Semra Empowering human rights advocate

    Liberty Victoria in the News
    Post date: August 16, 2021
    From debater to sailor and now community leader - at just 22.  There've been challenges but Mohamed Semra has faced up to them all.  Liberty Victoria's Young Voltaire Human Rights Award winner Mohamed Semra is featured in the Maribyrnong Messenger

  • Melbourne Covid-19 curfew is pointless, say police and experts

    Liberty Victoria in the News
    Post date: August 16, 2021
    Liberty Victoria said Victorians were “yet to be provided with any evidence that shows curfews reduce the risk of transmission”. “Merely making policing easier should not be a foundation for such restrictions on our freedom of movement,” the peak civil liberties group tweeted.

  • Experts back tough new restrictions as only way to avoid disastrous outbreak

    Liberty Victoria in the News
    Post date: August 16, 2021
    Liberty Victoria questioned the curfew, saying Victorians were yet to be given any evidence it reduced transmission.

  • New crackdown for Victorians evading Covid fines

    Liberty Victoria in the News
    Post date: August 11, 2021
    Liberty Victoria President Julia Kretzenbacher urged the Victorian government to review the outstanding Covid fines and waive those issued to people in financial hardship. “We are concerned by the Victorian government’s heavy reliance on law and order measures, including policing and issuing fines... Read more

  • FINE MESS: Premier @DanielAndrewsMP digs in amid growing calls for fines issued on vulnerable Victorians, to be waived

    Liberty Victoria in the News
    Post date: August 11, 2021
    The majority of Covid-19 fines have not been paid. Liberty Victoria's Greg Buchhorn make an appearance on 10 News calling for greater compassion and the waiver of fines for those experiencing significant hardship, serious personal issues or difficulties.as a result of Covid-19

  • Six New Judges Appointed To County Court

    Liberty Victoria in the News
    Post date: August 10, 2021
    The Victorian Government has today announced six new appointments to the County Court of Victoria, bringing a wealth of expertise and diverse experience to the justice system. Stewart Bayles has been a barrister for more than two decades and has regularly appeared in matters involving homicide,... Read more

  • Tanya Day’s children honoured for ‘instrumental’ advocacy

    Liberty Victoria in the News
    Post date: August 2, 2021
    The children of Yorta Yorta woman Tanya Day have been honoured by Liberty Victoria for advocacy it says was instrumental in the abolishment of the public drunkenness law in Victoria.

  • Family of death-in-custody victim Tanya Day honoured for law reform activism

    Liberty Victoria in the News
    Post date: August 2, 2021
    The four Day children, Apryl, Belinda, Warren and Kimberly Watson were on Thursday honoured with a human rights award from Liberty Victoria for their efforts to change the public drunkenness law. If they had not stuck together, Apryl said, the effort “wouldn’t have got very far”.

  • Young human rights activist lauded

    Liberty Victoria in the News
    Post date: July 28, 2021
    Six years ago, Mohamed Semra was among six Maribyrnong High School students evicted from the Highpoint Apple store after being racially profiled as thieves based on the colour of their skin. The Sudan-born Maidstone resident, 22, has received Liberty Victoria’s Young Voltaire Human Rights Award for... Read more

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