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For the following reasons, Liberty Victoria recommends the Bill not be passed, and the current automatic citizenship loss provisions be repealed. a. Citizenship loss provisions, both discretionary...
October 17, 2019
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More Indigenous people could be held in immigration detention and deported from Australia if a new migration law is passed, three separate lawyers’ groups, (including Liberty Victoria) have warned.
September 12, 2019
Liberty Victoria in the News
Liberty Victoria has been invited to appear before the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee to give evidence on amendments proposed by the Migration Legislation Amendment (...
August 21, 2019
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The Bill seeks to amend the Migration Act 1958 (the Act) by introducing a twelfth set of circumstances in which a person will necessarily fail the character test enunciated at s.501(6) of the Act:...
August 16, 2019
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These amendments seek to impose a lifetime ban on obtaining a visa (for people who arrived by boat after July 2013) to travel to or remain in Australia, subject to a personal non-compellable non-...
August 16, 2019
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July 8, 2019
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Liberty Victoria continues to oppose the of the Australian Citizenship Amendment (Allegiance to Australia) Bill 2015, in light of their subsequent operation. While limited public information is...
July 8, 2019
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Two new legal actions designed to put an end to Australia’s policy of offshore processing have just landed at the High Court of Australia. In a novel twist, the cases will not depend on the High...
February 22, 2019
Liberty Victoria in the News
Misha Ketchell discusses the literary prize of Behrouz Boochani - Winner of Liberty Victoria's Voltaire Empty Chair 2018
February 1, 2019
Liberty Victoria in the News
Sangeetha Pillai refers to Liberty Victoria's report: Playing God - The Immigration Minister's Unrestrained Power
September 3, 2018
Liberty Victoria in the News