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Most states say police will use discretion over potential social distancing violations, but rights advocates argue public messaging on new laws can be unclear.
Julian Burnside, a human rights...
March 31, 2020
Liberty Victoria in the News
Liberty Victoria supports and applaud the efforts of government and medical experts at all levels working to take urgent action to save lives and protect our community. We acknowledge that...
March 30, 2020
Press Release
LIV Human Rights Committee member and Liberty Victoria vice-president Jamie Gardiner says the legislation "purports to give so-called statements of belief or religious expression absolute precedence...
January 30, 2020
Liberty Victoria in the News
This submission will focus upon the impact of vilification on people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual,
trans and gender diverse, queer, and people born with variation in sex characteristics (LGBTIQ)....
January 17, 2020
Submission
Civil liberties groups including Liberty Victoria argued last week that existing laws could be used to punish violent protesters and that calling on consumers to stop spending with a specific company...
November 5, 2019
Liberty Victoria in the News
Liberty Victoria president Jessie Taylor warned of an “extraordinary incursion into free speech” in Mr Morrison’s stated intention when the right to protest and boycott was at the heart of most...
November 4, 2019
Liberty Victoria in the News
Liberty Victoria president Jessie Taylor warned of an "extraordinary incursion into free speech" in Mr Morrison's stated intention when the right to protest and boycott was at the heart of most...
November 2, 2019
Liberty Victoria in the News
In earlier remarks on the planned, now Exposure Draft, Bill (“the EDB”) the Attorney-General appeared to contemplate an ordinary anti-discrimination law along the lines of existing federal (and...
October 21, 2019
Submission
Liberty Victoria is profoundly concerned that some aged care providers may conflate the notion of medical incapacity with legal capacity and this denies many vulnerable residents their right to...
October 1, 2019
Submission
Liberty Victoria President, Jessie Taylor, taks to Derryn Hinch about surveillance technology
September 28, 2019
Liberty Victoria in the News