It comes as the Herald Sun on Tuesday revealed a radical plan by the County Court to overhaul the state’s sex offender registration system.
Under the bold plan, judges would have the discretion to...
April 15, 2021
Liberty Victoria in the News
Liberty Victoria's Michael Stanton discusses submissions made to the sex offenders register with Ali Moore
April 13, 2021
Liberty Victoria in the News
Liberty Victoria criminal policy committee member barrister Michael Stanton said judges are best placed to decide whether someone should be on the list because they have all the facts about a case.
“...
April 13, 2021
Liberty Victoria in the News
Civil liberties organisation Liberty Victoria said there were “chronic problems” with the current registration regimen.
These included the rapidly expanding number of registrants, the absence of...
April 13, 2021
Liberty Victoria in the News
Liberty Victoria opposes changes to the Crimes Act 1958 (Vic) (Crimes Act) to deal specifically with ‘Grab and Drag’ offences. As noted in Issues Paper I, there are many indictable offences in the...
April 1, 2021
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