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Press Release
Post date: February 23, 2023
Liberty Victoria opposes the Human Source Management Bill 2023 (Vic) in its current form.
We endorse the concerns of the Victorian Bar and the Law Institute of Victoria.
Lawyers should never be placed in the position of covertly informing against their clients. To allow that to occur, even in... Read more
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Liberty Victoria in the News
Post date: February 23, 2023
“All around the world, the information contained in health records is recognised as a sensitive, special category of information,” Vaile said. “So one of the clearest problems with not confining the scope of information is it increases its vulnerability to hacking and unauthorised [internal] access... Read more
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Press Release
Post date: February 22, 2023
The Health Legislation Amendment (Information Sharing) Bill 2023 (Vic) (the Bill) should not be enacted in its current form.
The Bill, which would create a centralised database for the medical records of every patient in the public health system, does not sufficiently protect Victorians’ right to... Read more
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Liberty Victoria in the News
Post date: February 10, 2023
Liberty Victoria’s Sam Norton said the justice system was responsible for delivering justice, not the police.
“Our criminal justice system delivers, our police are not there to augment it with their physical violence,” he said.
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Press Release
Post date: February 9, 2023
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The Liberty Victoria Voltaire Human Rights Awards is an important event in the Australian human rights calendar. For more than two decades, the Voltaire Human Rights Award has been presented to a person or organisation for outstanding contributions to civil liberties and human rights. ... Read more
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Liberty Victoria in the News
Post date: February 7, 2023
Michael Stanton President of Liberty Victoria was a guest on the Law Report
A Victorian coroner has described the treatment of an Indigenous woman in prison as inhumane and her death preventable. Arrested on the suspicion of minor shoplifting charges, the woman was denied bail.
As the Victorian... Read more
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Press Release
Post date: January 30, 2023
In light of the damning findings of the Coroner in relation to the tragic death of Ms Veronica Nelson, now is the time to fix Victoria’s broken bail laws. The Coroner has found, in the clearest terms, that Victoria’s harsh bail laws breach the Victorian Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities... Read more
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Liberty Victoria in the News
Post date: January 28, 2023
Despite a range of bodies calling for change, including a parliamentary inquiry, the Law Institute of Victoria, the Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service and Liberty Victoria, the police union has opposed the watering down of the laws.
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Liberty Victoria in the News
Post date: January 24, 2023
Legal groups have urged the Victorian government not to delay reforming the state's tough bail laws, in anticipation of the findings of a major coronial inquest being handed down next week.
Changes are also supported by Victoria Legal Aid, the Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service, Liberty Victoria... Read more
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Liberty Victoria in the News
Post date: January 24, 2023
In a submission to the Yoorrook Justice Commission, human rights organisation Liberty Victoria noted that in 2020, the rate for Aboriginal adults in custody was about 1837 per 100,000 Victorian Aboriginal adults, while the general adult imprisonment rate for Victorian adults was 135.
Liberty... Read more
