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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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”.
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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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Liberty Victoria in the News
Post date: July 15, 2021
One of the teenagers who made international headlines when he and his mates were racially profiled and ejected from the Apple store at Highpoint Shopping Centre in 2015 has been awarded on of Victoria's most prestigious human rights awards.
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Press Release
Post date: July 13, 2021
Liberty Victoria is delighted to announce that Mohamed Semra is the 2021 Liberty Victoria Young Voltaire Human Rights Award recipient.
The Young Voltaire Human Rights Award honours a person or group no older than 30 at the date of their nomination for an outstanding contribution to or action on... Read more
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Liberty Victoria in the News
Post date: July 8, 2021
Locking more people in prison is actually making Victoria more unsafe, according to the president of Liberty Victoria.
It comes on the back of a report from the anti-corruption commission that uncovered shocking data about the treatment of prisoners and bail reform that has led to overflowing... Read more
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Press Release
Post date: July 8, 2021
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, legal, human rights and civil liberties organisations have called on the Andrews government to take urgent steps to increase transparency and prevent mistreatment behind bars after a new report has highlighted serious deficiencies in disciplinary processes in... Read more
