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Michael Stanton of Liberty Victoria argued at the parliamentary inquiry “that any reform needed to ensure free speech was balanced with people’s right to live without discrimination and violence”....
June 29, 2022
Liberty Victoria in the News
The Hon Mark Dreyfus QC MP
Attorney-General of Australia
By email: attorney@ag.gov.au
8 June 2022
Dear Attorney-General,
Congratulations on Behalf of the Civil Liberties Community in Australia
We...
June 16, 2022
Submission
We welcome the opportunity to provide a submission to the Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee’s Inquiry into the application of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of...
June 7, 2022
Submission
Gemma Cafarella, a barrister and spokesperson for Liberty Victoria, said no evidence had been presented to back up the claim that there was a threat to workers’ safety, or that existing laws, which...
May 28, 2022
Liberty Victoria in the News
Liberty Victoria president Michael Stanton said the organisation opposed the new penalties, which appeared to be “plainly intended to have a chilling effect on protest activity”.
“Such protesters...
May 27, 2022
Liberty Victoria in the News
Gemma Cafarella is a barrister who practises in public law, including discrimination and sexual harassment matters. Gemma is the Chair of Liberty Victoria's Government Regulation and Equality...
April 21, 2022
Liberty Victoria in the News
Liberty Victoria Statement on the Federal Election
As you are no doubt aware, the Federal Election will be held on 21 May 2022.
Liberty Victoria does not, and will not, endorse any particular...
April 19, 2022
Press Release
Sydney Criminal Lawyers spoke to Liberty Victoria president Michael Stanton about the tattered state of civil liberties at present, his concerns that surveilling and a lack of privacy are becoming...
March 18, 2022
Liberty Victoria in the News
On Thursday 10 March 2022, Liberty Victoria’s Rights Advocacy Project (RAP) will launch its report, A Policy for Equality: Painful Periods as a Workplace Issue. The Report shines a spotlight on the...
February 24, 2022
Press Release
Liberty Victoria calls on all members of Parliament to reject the Religious Discrimination Bill 2021 (Cth) (“the Bill”) in its current form to ensure that LGBTIQ people, and in particular vulnerable...
February 8, 2022
Press Release