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Two climate protesters who blocked three lanes on the West Gate Bridge have been sentenced to 21 days imprisonment. The disruption caused significant delays, impacted emergency services and forced a...
March 6, 2024
Liberty Victoria in the News
Statement on Entrapment The criminal law in Victoria, and in Australia more broadly, does not recognise entrapment as a legal defence.[1] This is a situation which must be remedied immediately in...
February 22, 2024
Press Release
It was a momentary movement, done casually and with a laugh, but caught on camera by a media scrum. Following a combative back-and-forth with journalists after being sentenced for assault, Jacob...
November 12, 2023
Liberty Victoria in the News
Whilst we understand the important motivation for the Bill, we oppose it. This is consistent with our position on the previous Victorian legislation, which you can read here, and our position on the...
October 20, 2023
Submission
1. At the hearing before the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee on 26 July 2023, we took questions on notice from Senator Scarr in relation to two topics: (1) The directions on consent...
August 17, 2023
Submission
Victoria’s broken bail laws need urgent fixing. These harsh laws result in the unnecessary detention of many persons accused of committing low-level minor offences and disproportionately affect First...
July 31, 2023
Press Release
Liberty Victoria is grateful for the opportunity to make this submission to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security (PJCIS) review of the Counter-Terrorism Legislation...
July 24, 2023
Submission
Liberty Victoria is strongly opposed to the Human Source Management Act 2023 (Vic). We are committed to its repeal.  We are also deeply concerned by the closure of the Office of the Special...
July 11, 2023
Press Release
Liberty Victoria is deeply worried by the emergence of far-right extremism, but opposes the ban of the ‘hakenkreuz’ for the reasons set out in our joint submission to the PJCIS. We understand that...
May 3, 2023
Submission
Michael Stanton, president of civil liberties group Liberty Victoria, said it was a “weak decision from a government still paranoid about being wedged on law and order instead of committing to...
April 26, 2023
Liberty Victoria in the News

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