Latest articles and news by Liberty Victoria
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Liberty Victoria in the NewsPost date: June 9, 2016
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Liberty Victoria in the NewsPost date: June 9, 2016
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Liberty Victoria in the NewsPost date: June 9, 2016
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Liberty Victoria in the NewsPost date: June 9, 2016
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Press ReleasePost date: June 3, 2016Whatever happened to the idea of freedom of speech, of freedom to debate diverse political and ideological views? These should be the very hallmarks of a just and democratic society like Australia’s. Since that is so, why has Roz Ward been suspended from her job at La Trobe University for doing... Read more
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Press ReleasePost date: May 25, 2016When Gold Logie winner Waleed Aly receives Liberty Victoria’s Voltaire award in July he will share the spotlight with a blogger and free speech advocate who is in a cell in Saudi Arabia. Raif Badawi is serving a 10 year sentence for providing an online platform for political dissent. He will... Read more
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Press ReleasePost date: April 29, 2016Fresh from his nomination for a Logie in next month’s awards, the commentator, academic, lawyer, presenter and rock musician Waleed Aly has been named as an Australian leader in free speech. He will receive the Voltaire Award from the human rights group Liberty Victoria, given annually to the... Read more
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Press ReleasePost date: April 27, 2016Young Liberty for Law Reform, a program of one of Australia’s leading civil liberties organisations, Liberty Victoria, released a report today shining a light on a dark corner of our democracy. The report recommends fundamental and urgent changes to the laws that apply to whistleblowers in our... Read more
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Press ReleasePost date: April 6, 2016More than $44 million in public transport fines in Victoria could be challenged through a new website. Last financial year, more than 250,000 fines were handed out to Victorian commuters, worth more than $44 million. A new website www.mykifines.org.au, launched today, seeks to empower people to... Read more
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Liberty Victoria UpdatesPost date: March 9, 2016
