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Liberty Victoria President Julia Kretzenbacher urged the Victorian government to review the outstanding Covid fines and waive those issued to people in financial hardship.
“We are concerned by the...
August 11, 2021
Liberty Victoria in the News
The Victorian Government has today announced six new appointments to the County Court of Victoria, bringing a wealth of expertise and diverse experience to the justice system.
Stewart Bayles has been...
August 10, 2021
Liberty Victoria in the News
We accept that extremist movements and actors pose a significant threat to the Australian Community. However, over the past two decades there has been a focus on the danger of Islamist extremism at...
July 20, 2021
Submission
Locking more people in prison is actually making Victoria more unsafe, according to the president of Liberty Victoria.
It comes on the back of a report from the anti-corruption commission that...
July 8, 2021
Liberty Victoria in the News
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, legal, human rights and civil liberties organisations have called on the Andrews government to take urgent steps to increase transparency and prevent...
July 8, 2021
Press Release
Liberty Victoria is delighted to announce that the 2021 Voltaire Human Rights Award is being awarded to the Children of Tanya Day.
The Voltaire Human Rights Award honours a person or group have made...
June 29, 2021
Press Release
Liberty Victoria president Julia Kretzenbacher said the state should replicate WA’s laws because even one instance of police being granted access via a court order would seriously undermine the...
June 22, 2021
Liberty Victoria in the News
On 13 May 2021, Liberty Victoria’s Senior Vice-President, Sam Norton gave evidence at the Inquiry into the Management of Child Sex Offender Information. His evidence can be read here. Sam Norton was...
June 22, 2021
Submission
Liberty Victoria’s Julia Kretzenbacher said the current laws meant people were being remanded in custody for relatively minor indictable offences, such as possession of a small amount of cannabis...
May 17, 2021
Liberty Victoria in the News
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