Latest articles and news by Liberty Victoria

  • What happens to people when they are released from prison?

    Liberty Victoria Updates
    Post date: March 4, 2016
    Every year, over 6000 prisoners are released in Victoria, but what does this mean for individuals and the wider community? This video by Young Liberty for Law Reform’s criminal justice pod explores some of the many issues facing people leaving the prison system. Research by numerous organisations... Read more

  • Traumatised children must not go.

    Press Release
    Post date: February 4, 2016
    Immigration Minister Peter Dutton has the chance to make good on his claim that he wants to  be the Minister who gets children out of detention, the human rights group, Liberty Victoria, said today. Liberty President George Georgiou SC said Mr Dutton’s comments today that if there were exceptional... Read more

  • Applications are now open for the 2016 YLLR program!

    Liberty Victoria Updates
    Post date: January 29, 2016
    YLLR is an exciting community of young people working to extend and defend human rights in Australia. We aim to achieve social change through practical, reform-orientated advocacy. YLLR volunteers work in groups each focusing on a particular human rights theme. In 2016, these groups are Criminal... Read more

  • Poorly drafted laws results in classic bracket creep.

    Liberty Victoria in the News
    Post date: January 21, 2016

  • Spencer Zifcak: Co-opting the Judiciary: Counter-Terrorism Laws at Work

    Liberty Victoria in the News
    Post date: December 23, 2015

  • Mass surveillance a threat, warns civil liberties group

    Press Release
    Post date: December 18, 2015
    The Andrews Government should follow the lead of the ACT and challenge plans for a new facial recognition database, Liberty Victoria said today. The human rights’ group President George Georgiou SC said police would get frightening access to personal information without adequate safeguards through... Read more

  • Is the traditional debate between civil liberties and the protection of society completely redundant? Liberty Presidents on 3CR

    Liberty Victoria in the News
    Post date: December 10, 2015

  • 'Testing time' for PM over human rights

    Press Release
    Post date: December 3, 2015
    The Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull faces a test in trying to move beyond the Abbott era rhetoric on terrorism, a leading human rights group said today. Liberty Victoria says Mr Turnbull has been confronted by an outburst by his Chief Whip, Andrew Nikolic, who claims the threat of terrorism is so... Read more

  • President's report 2015

    Liberty Victoria Updates
    Post date: November 24, 2015
    There can be little doubt that the cause of civil liberties and human rights has suffered a serious setback in recent times. There are a number of reasons that have been offered for this. Some understandable, others not. It is, however, worth pausing to reflect that once gone those rights and... Read more

  • Privacy on the net to end, human rights group warns

    Press Release
    Post date: October 12, 2015
    A mass surveillance regime will tomorrow, 13 October, convert Australia’s communications industry into a government surveillance and monitoring agency. Liberty Victoria said today that few people would be fully aware of the vast reach of this legislation and the potential for it to be used by some... Read more

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