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Liberty Victoria in the News
Post date: June 22, 2021
Liberty Victoria president Julia Kretzenbacher said the state should replicate WA’s laws because even one instance of police being granted access via a court order would seriously undermine the public’s willingness to check in.
“This is not a matter of not trusting Victoria’s court system. It’s... Read more
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Liberty Victoria in the News
Post date: June 22, 2021
Liberty Victoria spokesperson and public law barrister, Gemma Cafarella, says if police have access to check-in data it damages confidence in the system.
“Allowing police access means people might not check in,” she told Ross and Russel.
“This shouldn’t really be about the police, it’s about... Read more
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Liberty Victoria in the News
Post date: June 15, 2021
Greg Buchhorn, a lawyer and policy committee member of civil rights group Liberty Victoria, said the broad State of Emergency laws have resulted in some extreme intrusions on individual rights, such as forcing new prisoners to do 14 days of quarantine - “effectively solitary confinement” - even... Read more
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Liberty Victoria Updates
Post date: June 10, 2021
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The Voltaire Awards Committee are working hard behind the scenes, organising our live online webinar awards presentation and Q and A panel with recipients. We will be announcing the recipients in the next few weeks.
The event will be held on Thursday 27 July at 7pm.
While... Read more
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Liberty Victoria in the News
Post date: May 17, 2021
Liberty Victoria’s Julia Kretzenbacher said the current laws meant people were being remanded in custody for relatively minor indictable offences, such as possession of a small amount of cannabis or theft, if they’re already on bail over more-serious charges.
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Liberty Victoria in the News
Post date: May 4, 2021
No work rights, no study rights, no access to Medicare.
That's the situation facing a number of asylum seekers who are being denied access to bridging visas while they await claims for permanent protection.
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Press Release
Post date: May 3, 2021
The Right Honourable Tony Benn MP once famously remarked ‘the way a government treats refugees is very instructive because it shows you how they would treat the rest of us if they thought they could get away with it’.
Twenty years after the Tampa affair, and the criminalisation of people seeking... Read more
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Liberty Victoria in the News
Post date: May 2, 2021
Some advocates are also questioning whether the ban could potentially be a violation of Australia's international law obligations.
"The section that the minister has made the emergency direction under also requires whatever action is the least restrictive and least intrusive way of dealing with the... Read more
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Press Release
Post date: April 27, 2021
Liberty Victoria's Rights Advocacy Project is calling for a fairer and more transparent bridging visa system for refugees and people seeking asylum who are waiting in the community for their protection claims to be processed, as part of its latest report ‘Bridging the Department's Visa Blindspot... Read more
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Liberty Victoria in the News
Post date: April 22, 2021
"There is a very big difference between people wanting to hand over photos of their weekend via Instagram and giving very sensitive information to government in a way that could be used against them, in for example a criminal prosecution"
Liberty Victoria's Gemma Cafarella, features in this... Read more
