YLLR presents LGBTI refugees and international law at Midsumma
LGBTI people seeking refuge in Australia face a unique set of issues. Among them is the horror of fleeing sexuality-based persecution...
December 26, 2014
Event
Invitation to Liberty Victoria members to nominate proposed recipients
The Voltaire Award for free speech is given annually by Liberty Victoria.
The award honours the person or group considered to...
December 23, 2014
Event
Our members will appreciate that Liberty is battling for the preservation of our democratic rights during a period of significant political challenge.
The 24 hour news cycle means that state and...
December 22, 2014
Liberty Victoria Updates
Last week, Australia’s Parliament passed legislation intended to sideline international law, natural justice and judicial oversight from the determination of asylum claims.
Liberty Victoria condemns...
December 11, 2014
Press Release
An independent body should oversee complaints against police, Liberty Victoria said today. This follows the sacking of one officer and disciplining of three more after a man being held was left to...
December 9, 2014
Press Release
Overview
1. None of the reforms proposed by the Children, Youth and Families (Disclosure of Youth Offending) Bill 2014 are necessary. They reflect an erosion of the longstanding, important and...
December 9, 2014
Submission
Barrister George Georgiou SC is the new President of Liberty Victoria.
Elected at the recent annual meeting, he was welcomed by outgoing President Jane Dixon QC who said: “Liberty's role in...
November 25, 2014
Press Release
The social and economic costs of hardline anti-crime policies are simply too great, the President of Liberty Victoria, George Georgiou SC, warned today.
He said all Victorians should be concerned...
November 24, 2014
Press Release
November 18, 2014
Liberty Victoria in the News