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Liberty Victoria in the News
Post date: March 14, 2023
Several years after a hospital safety and quality review recommended it, the state’s data sharing network may come online next year. Legal and privacy advocacy groups – including the Law Institute of Victoria, Liberty Victoria and Digital Rights Watch – raised concerns about privacy, since patients... Read more
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Liberty Victoria in the News
Post date: March 10, 2023
But Liberty Victoria said proponents of the legislation were using a "straw man" argument, and it was not acceptable to justify the model on the grounds it is done in states like NSW or is better than the status quo.
"No one takes issue that the sharing of health information is convenient and... Read more
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Liberty Victoria in the News
Post date: March 9, 2023
While welcoming improved protections, Liberty Victoria president Michael Stanton said the amendments don't remedy the bill's foundational problem of not having an opt-out mechanism.
"We understand the desirability of health information sharing for medical professionals, but the bill fails to give... Read more
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Press Release
Post date: March 7, 2023
The LIV, Liberty Victoria and Digital Rights Watch call on members of the Legislative Council to respect patient autonomy to legislate for an opt-out provision to ensure that Victorians have the right to decide whether or not their medical information will be shared across public health services. ... Read more
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Liberty Victoria in the News
Post date: March 6, 2023
Liberty Victoria said “it’s rare for governments to admit they got the balance wrong, so credit to the Vic AG”.
“We’ll wait to see the details of the proposed reforms. Our position is that a single unacceptable risk test is the best and fairest threshold for bail,” the group said in a statement.
“... Read more
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Liberty Victoria in the News
Post date: March 3, 2023
Liberty Victoria credited Ms Symes for admitting the government "got the balance wrong" but maintained an unacceptable risk test should be the only threshold for bail.
"If an alleged offender, entitled to the presumption of innocence, is not an unacceptable risk of committing a serious offence,... Read more
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Liberty Victoria in the News
Post date: February 24, 2023
Liberty Victoria president Michael Stanton said the legislation needed to be amended to avoid a repeat of the Lawyer X scandal.
“Given what occurred with the Lawyer X scandal, and the High Court’s condemnation of it, it is deeply concerning that the Victorian Government would provide a pathway for... Read more
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Liberty Victoria in the News
Post date: February 24, 2023
The Liberty Victoria president, Michael Stanton, said he had several concerns about the bill, including that the database could become a “major target for exploitation by hackers and organised crime”. “In its current form, the bill unjustifiably erodes privacy rights. It is no answer that other... Read more
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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
