Approval of the Napthine government’s move to ensure the Auditor-General’s independence came today from Liberty Victoria.
Liberty President Jane Dixon SC said it was vital for the proper oversight of...
December 13, 2013
Press Release
Public confidence in the legal system is threatened by jamming people into jail while hiding a study of the State’s prison population, Liberty Victoria said today.
Liberty President Jane Dixon SC...
November 26, 2013
Press Release
The Liberty Victoria 2013 AGM was held on Tuesday 19 November at the offices of Arnold Bloch Leibler. Jill Prior, Principal Legal Officer of the Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service, was the guest...
October 27, 2013
Event
For his outstanding contribution to free speech, Arnold Zable is the 2013 Voltaire Award recipient. In his presentation Story, Empathy and Human Rights Advocacy Zable drew on his three decades of...
September 11, 2013
Event
Submitted to Victoria Police Community Consultation - Cultural Training and 'Field Contact' Policies and Processes.
September 1, 2013
Submission
A Young Liberty for Law Reform Event - Trades Hall: 6.30pm, 4 September 2013
Panel discussion with speakers, Jessie Taylor (Victorian Bar, Senior Vice-President of Liberty Victoria), Dr Savitri...
August 28, 2013
Event
Julian Burnside is a barrister, human rights advocate, author and performed the role of President of Liberty Victoria over a number of years including 2020. He is well known for his staunch...
August 27, 2013
Committee
Jamie Gardiner is a long-standing committee member. He is a Board member of the Human Rights Law Centre and a former member (2000–2009) of the Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission...
August 27, 2013
Committee
“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...
August 17, 2013
Press Release
A 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,...
August 17, 2013
Press Release