Latest articles and news by Liberty Victoria
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Press ReleasePost date: August 17, 2013A reluctance to acknowledge the existence of racial profiling and a misunderstanding of how racism can be part of police practice underscores the need for better education in the Victoria Police, Liberty Victoria said today. This follows a call by the Law Institute of Victoria for police to be... Read more
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Press ReleasePost date: August 17, 2013“The newly announced Coalition’s proposal to never allow over thirty thousand stranded asylum seekers settle in Australia, plumbs new depths of cruelty. It is a policy that will cause severe psychological harm. It extinguishes all hope and re-traumatises people who have already been traumatised... Read more
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Press ReleasePost date: July 25, 2013Liberty Victoria raises serious concerns about the human rights implications of Australia's new asylum seeker policy. President Jane Dixon SC said today: "Liberty is very concerned about how this policy will play out in practical terms. Australia seems to be outsourcing its obligations to a... Read more
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Liberty Victoria in the NewsPost date: June 8, 2013
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Liberty Victoria in the NewsPost date: June 7, 2013
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Liberty Victoria in the NewsPost date: June 6, 2013
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Liberty Victoria in the NewsPost date: June 5, 2013
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Liberty Victoria in the NewsPost date: May 28, 2013
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Liberty Victoria in the NewsPost date: May 14, 2013
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Liberty Victoria in the NewsPost date: May 5, 2013