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Liberty Victoria in the News
Post date: July 1, 2020
Liberty Victoria, MIke Stanton interviewed by Tom Elliott on 3AW about compulsory Covid-19 testing
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Liberty Victoria in the News
Post date: June 30, 2020
A Liberty Victoria spokesman told The Age that he believed Victoria's parliament would need to pass a law allowing the charter to be overriden if the government wanted to make testing compulsory.
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Press Release
Post date: June 30, 2020
Liberty Victoria honours Dujuan Hoosan with the Young Voltaire Human Rights Award. Dujuan was chosen for his courage and determination in challenging governments to change the age they imprison children.
At the tender age of 12, Dujuan was the youngest person ever to address the Human Rights... Read more
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Liberty Victoria in the News
Post date: June 30, 2020
Liberty Victoria has now started advocating for Mr Chau, saying there has been a lack of public condemnation from the Australian Government in his case.
Martin Radzaj, the chair of the criminal policy board at Liberty Victoria, said Mr Chau deserved more support from the Australian Government.
"Mr... Read more
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Liberty Victoria in the News
Post date: June 26, 2020
A disturbing and distressing new development has occurred in the Commonwealth’s policies with respect to immigration detention. Pursuant to an amendment to the Migration Act (Cth), non-citizens who have committed criminal offences in Australia are now subject, under s.501, to mandatory... Read more
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Press Release
Post date: June 23, 2020
All humans have the right to be treated equally, with dignity and respect. Sexual harassment is a breach of those fundamental rights, unlawful and unacceptable.
Liberty Victoria joins the voices of condemnation following the results of an independent High Court inquiry into the behaviour exhibited... Read more
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Liberty Victoria in the News
Post date: June 18, 2020
Liberty Victoria co-chair Sam Norton, a prominent defence lawyer, said the prevention of a coronavirus outbreak in the prison system was a success. "We always knew they would take a really conservative approach in terms of visitors, knowing that COVID getting into prisons would just be a nightmare... Read more
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Press Release
Post date: June 16, 2020
Liberty Victoria calls for the Government's urgent intervention on behalf of Mr Chaun Van Kham, an Australian democracy activist who has been jailed in Vietnam since January 2019. Mr Kham was prevented from seeing a lawyer for eight months. His trial involved five other defendants, prohibited... Read more
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Press Release
Post date: June 15, 2020
Peter Dutton is using his God-like powers to block refugees and asylum seekers from accessing government-funded, income support, public healthcare and safe housing. We are calling on Peter Dutton to #liftthebar and protect these vulnerable people during a public health emergency.
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Press Release
Post date: June 7, 2020
Liberty Victoria deeply concerned about expanded use of Protective Services Officers in Victoria
Liberty Victoria is deeply concerned about the Government's desire to vastly widen the use of Protective Services Officers (PSO's) in areas around the state. PSO's were introduced to provide a visible... Read more
