Latest articles and news by Liberty Victoria
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Press ReleasePost date: August 24, 2015Liberty Victoria has welcomed the Victorian government’s decision to remove Special Religious Instruction (‘SRI’) from scheduled class time at government schools. The government has announced instead that SRI will only be available before or after school or at lunchtime. The government’s move comes... Read more
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Liberty Victoria in the NewsPost date: August 20, 2015
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Press ReleasePost date: August 20, 2015Liberty Victoria today warned against moves to wind back access to the courts for environmental groups. The attack on access follows a successful challenge by a Queensland conservation group in the Federal Court that stopped Adani's Carmichael coal mine in central Queensland. Liberty believes... Read more
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Press ReleasePost date: August 3, 2015The decision by an Egyptian court to once again adjourn the re-trial of television’s “three brothers”, journalists Peter Greste, Baher Mohamed and Mohamed Fahmy, came as they were awarded Australia’s top free speech honour. The next hearing is scheduled for 29 August 2015. Members of the human... Read more
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Press ReleasePost date: July 24, 2015Civil liberties groups today warned that moves by the federal government to strip citizenship would not make Australians safer. “To expel a person who has engaged in terrorism related offences and prevent them from re-entering Australia only places Australians and Australian interests in other... Read more
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Liberty Victoria in the NewsPost date: July 21, 2015
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Press ReleasePost date: July 8, 2015The Federal Government is urged to redouble its efforts to help an Australian journalist and his colleague facing charges of criminal defamation and computer crimes in Thailand. “Just as in the case of Peter Greste in Egypt we have a case of a harsh crackdown on the media,” said the president of... Read more
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Liberty Victoria in the NewsPost date: July 2, 2015
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Press ReleasePost date: May 27, 2015Liberty Victoria press release 27 May 2015 The Federal Government is falling into a trap by harshly removing people's rights in the guise of fighting terrorism, Liberty Victoria said today. "Giving a Minister the power to strip those with dual citizenship of their Australian citizenship if they are... Read more
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Liberty Victoria in the NewsPost date: May 27, 2015