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One of the teenagers who made international headlines when he and his mates were racially profiled and ejected from the Apple store at Highpoint Shopping Centre in 2015 has been awarded on of...
July 15, 2021
Liberty Victoria in the News
Liberty Victoria has condemned the federal government’s decision to further cut arrivals to Australia.
They say they’re failing Australians stuck abroad.
Mike Stanton, Spokesperson for Liberty...
July 6, 2021
Liberty Victoria in the News
The civil liberties and human rights advocacy group isn't happy about last week's National Cabinet decision to slash the number of international arrivals by half.
In a statement, the group called...
July 6, 2021
Liberty Victoria in the News
Liberty Victoria condemns the Federal Government’s decision to further cut arrivals to Australia. This was called for by the Victorian Government, amongst others. This is a breach of human rights...
July 6, 2021
Press Release
Public housing residents continue to be fearful one year on that the hard lockdown could happen again: Human rights and community lawyers, supported by local community organisations, urgently seek...
July 2, 2021
Press Release
Liberty Victoria spokesperson and public law barrister, Gemma Cafarella, says if police have access to check-in data it damages confidence in the system.
“Allowing police access means people might...
June 22, 2021
Liberty Victoria in the News
Greg Buchhorn, a lawyer and policy committee member of civil rights group Liberty Victoria, said the broad State of Emergency laws have resulted in some extreme intrusions on individual rights, such...
June 15, 2021
Liberty Victoria in the News
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The Voltaire Awards Committee are working hard behind the scenes, organising our live online webinar awards presentation and Q and A panel with recipients. We will be...
June 10, 2021
Liberty Victoria Updates
No work rights, no study rights, no access to Medicare.
That's the situation facing a number of asylum seekers who are being denied access to bridging visas while they await claims for permanent...
May 4, 2021
Liberty Victoria in the News
The Right Honourable Tony Benn MP once famously remarked ‘the way a government treats refugees is very instructive because it shows you how they would treat the rest of us if they thought they could...
May 3, 2021
Press Release