It couldn’t be clearer. Labor’s 2023 National Platform states:
Labor opposes mandatory sentencing. This practice does not reduce crime but does undermine the independence of the judiciary, lead to...
April 8, 2024
Liberty Victoria in the News
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
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
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
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...
March 6, 2023
Liberty Victoria in the News
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,...
March 3, 2023
Liberty Victoria in the News
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...
February 24, 2023
Liberty Victoria in the News
Liberty Victoria’s Sam Norton said the justice system was responsible for delivering justice, not the police.
“Our criminal justice system delivers, our police are not there to augment it with their...
February 10, 2023
Liberty Victoria in the News
Michael Stanton President of Liberty Victoria was a guest on the Law Report
A Victorian coroner has described the treatment of an Indigenous woman in prison as inhumane and her death preventable....
February 7, 2023
Liberty Victoria in the News
Despite a range of bodies calling for change, including a parliamentary inquiry, the Law Institute of Victoria, the Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service and Liberty Victoria, the police union has ...
January 28, 2023
Liberty Victoria in the News