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Liberty Victoria in the News
Post date: March 16, 2021
Justice Legislation Amendment (System Enhancements and Other Matters) Bill 2021 Liberty Victoria's submission was cited three times in Hansard
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Liberty Victoria in the News
Post date: March 15, 2021
Civil society has been “completely sidelined and ignored” in the inquiry into the government’s proposed new hacking powers, after no civil or digital rights groups were invited to the only public hearing, Deakin University senior lecturer and Liberty Victoria Vice President, Dr Monique Mann says.
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Liberty Victoria in the News
Post date: March 5, 2021
They are trying to establish the federal government has a ‘duty of care’ in protecting future generations from the climateaggedon. Featuring Liberty Victoria's very own Sr Brigid Arthur.
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Liberty Victoria in the News
Post date: March 2, 2021
Eight teenagers and an octogenarian nun head to an Australian court on Tuesday to launch what they hope will prove to be a landmark case – one that establishes the federal government’s duty of care in protecting future generations from a worsening climate crisis.
The group taking the action... Read more
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Liberty Victoria in the News
Post date: February 28, 2021
Sister Brigid, Liberty Victoria Policy Committee Member, a teacher for many years, said she wanted to give young people the opportunity to make change, and she was struck by the teenagers’ passion for the world and their future.
She works extensively with asylum seekers and has previously acted as... Read more
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Liberty Victoria in the News
Post date: February 18, 2021
“It’s preposterous that Facebook has left in place accounts which share false information or conspiracy theories, while blocking vital health, government and emergency service sites,” LIberty Victoria said in a statement.
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Liberty Victoria in the News
Post date: February 17, 2021
Two asylum seekers arrrived from Sri Lanka on separate boats almost ten years ago. They fell in love and married, had two children and setlled in the small QLD town of Biloela. Three years ago the Federal government decided they were not entitled to visas and deported them. The family appealed -... Read more
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Press Release
Post date: February 16, 2021
Liberty Victoria welcomes the decision handed down by the Full Federal Court today concerning the Biloela family. A unanimous Full Federal Court has upheld the earlier decision of the Honourable Justice Moshinsky that the Minister for Home Affairs denied the youngest child of the Biloela family... Read more
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Liberty Victoria in the News
Post date: February 15, 2021
In a separate submission, a coalition of digital and civil rights groups including Liberty Victoria, Electronic Frontiers Australia, the Australian Privacy Foundation and the QLD Council of Civil Liberties, said the powers in the legislation amount to “state-authorised hacking”.
“Australians do not... Read more
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Liberty Victoria in the News
Post date: February 5, 2021
“Liberty Victoria is aware that members of the legal profession have serious concerns about the impact of the FPO regime on the rights of suspects, accused persons and those within the vicinity of someone who is the subject of an FPO,” the rights group said.
”Even though under the Victorian FPO... Read more
