It couldn’t be clearer. Labor’s 2023 National Platform states:
Labor opposes mandatory sentencing. This practice does not reduce crime but does undermine the independence of the judiciary, lead to...
April 8, 2024
Liberty Victoria in the News
In November 2023, the High Court handed down a decision which has led to a response centred in fear, a lack of compassion and, troublingly, a disregard for equal treatment before the law.
In handing...
April 3, 2024
Liberty Victoria in the News
Two climate protesters who blocked three lanes on the West Gate Bridge have been sentenced to 21 days imprisonment. The disruption caused significant delays, impacted emergency services and forced a...
March 6, 2024
Liberty Victoria in the News
Police have denied racial profiling after wrongly arresting a former immigration detainee in relation to a sexual assault in an inner Melbourne suburb this week. Victoria Police revealed yesterday...
March 1, 2024
Liberty Victoria in the News
On 20 September 2023, the Victorian Government released its Housing Statement – a major package of government investment and reforms in housing. Part of the plan is to demolish significant public...
November 15, 2023
Liberty Victoria in the News
Protests, sit-ins, graffiti, and posters are all part of a vigorous public debate in Melbourne about the Israel-Gaza war.
Liberty Victoria president Michael Stanton joined Raf Epstein to discuss the...
November 14, 2023
Liberty Victoria in the News
It was a momentary movement, done casually and with a laugh, but caught on camera by a media scrum. Following a combative back-and-forth with journalists after being sentenced for assault, Jacob...
November 12, 2023
Liberty Victoria in the News
Michael Stanton, president of civil liberties group Liberty Victoria, said it was a “weak decision from a government still paranoid about being wedged on law and order instead of committing to...
April 26, 2023
Liberty Victoria in the News
Several years after a hospital safety and quality review recommended it, the state’s data sharing network may come online next year. Legal and privacy advocacy groups – including the Law Institute of...
March 14, 2023
Liberty Victoria in the News
But Liberty Victoria said proponents of the legislation were using a "straw man" argument, and it was not acceptable to justify the model on the grounds it is done in states like NSW or is better...
March 10, 2023
Liberty Victoria in the News