In November 2023, the High Court handed down a decision which has led to a response centred in fear, a lack of compassion and, troublingly, a disregard for equal treatment before the law.
In handing...
April 3, 2024
Liberty Victoria in the News
Police have denied racial profiling after wrongly arresting a former immigration detainee in relation to a sexual assault in an inner Melbourne suburb this week. Victoria Police revealed yesterday...
March 1, 2024
Liberty Victoria in the News
On 20 September 2023, the Victorian Government released its Housing Statement – a major package of government investment and reforms in housing. Part of the plan is to demolish significant public...
November 15, 2023
Liberty Victoria in the News
Several years after a hospital safety and quality review recommended it, the state’s data sharing network may come online next year. Legal and privacy advocacy groups – including the Law Institute of...
March 14, 2023
Liberty Victoria in the News
But Liberty Victoria said proponents of the legislation were using a "straw man" argument, and it was not acceptable to justify the model on the grounds it is done in states like NSW or is better...
March 10, 2023
Liberty Victoria in the News
While welcoming improved protections, Liberty Victoria president Michael Stanton said the amendments don't remedy the bill's foundational problem of not having an opt-out mechanism.
"We understand...
March 9, 2023
Liberty Victoria in the News
Victorian AMA seeks to allay privacy concerns as lower house passes contentious health database bill
The Liberty Victoria president, Michael Stanton, said he had several concerns about the bill, including that the database could become a “major target for exploitation by hackers and organised crime...
February 24, 2023
Liberty Victoria in the News
“All around the world, the information contained in health records is recognised as a sensitive, special category of information,” Vaile said. “So one of the clearest problems with not confining the...
February 23, 2023
Liberty Victoria in the News
It is a sad indictment upon Executive government, that a costly charade is exactly what the AAT had become. The level of Executive interference with the constitution and operation of the tribunal had...
December 27, 2022
Liberty Victoria in the News
Liberty Victoria president Michael Stanton told The Sunday Age the government should have made plans for this situation to ensure people who were sick with the virus could still vote.
“There is no...
November 14, 2022
Liberty Victoria in the News