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Victorian Council for Civil Liberties urged the Government to act with fewer police and more social workers, nurses, drug and alcohol clinicians and mental health support, warning “this is a...
July 5, 2020
Liberty Victoria in the News
Liberty Victoria is concerned by news that the Australian Federal Police has recommended that prosecutors consider laying charges against ABC journalist Dan Oakes. The recommended charges relate to...
July 3, 2020
Press Release
A bungled police raid on a gay bookshop one year ago left an innocent man with severe injuries and sent shockwaves through Victoria’s LGBTQ community. Now there are fears of further fallout in the...
May 8, 2020
Liberty Victoria in the News
Liberty Victoria warmly welcomes reports that the regulations will undo the changes that were going to lock tenants into their leases. These regulations follow calls by Liberty Victoria and tenant...
May 6, 2020
Press Release
“Breaches like this seriously undermine the capacity of Victorians to put that trust in police,” Liberty Victoria’s Gemma Cafarella also stated.
May 5, 2020
Liberty Victoria in the News
“Victorians should feel confident that their privacy will be protected by Victoria Police when they interact with police. The release of the photos, which include a mug shot and photographs of...
May 5, 2020
Liberty Victoria in the News
The Victorian Council for Civil Liberties also tweeted that the release of the photos was “egregious” and a “deplorable breach of privacy” with “transphobic overtones”.
May 4, 2020
Liberty Victoria in the News
Liberty Victoria strongly condemns the serious breach of privacy by Victoria Police that has led to images of a former AFL player being published by the media and circulated online.
Victorians...
May 4, 2020
Press Release
Liberty Victoria, the state’s leading civil liberties advocate, condemned the social media circulation of two private photos, saying it was a “deplorable breach of privacy”.
“The transphobic...
May 4, 2020
Liberty Victoria in the News
The Victorian government is working on regulations to ensure tenants are not worse off under rental law changes intended to protect them during the coronavirus crisis.
The legislation, which passed...
April 29, 2020
Liberty Victoria in the News