A legislative solution is the only way to prevent secret ministerial appointments says the New South Wales Council for Civil Liberties, Liberty Victoria and South Australian Council for Civil...
September 1, 2022
Liberty Victoria in the News
Liberty Victoria President Michael Stanton warned against sweeping reforms to combat the influence of far-right extremism during public hearings in June.
"We need to make sure that in responding to...
August 30, 2022
Liberty Victoria in the News
Liberty Victoria president Michael Stanton said the country was facing a new frontier in the collection and use of DNA and warned people to approach with caution.
He said the increasing use of this...
August 5, 2022
Liberty Victoria in the News
Liberty Victoria's submission was referred to frequently in the report, for example: "Inquiry stakeholders advocated for legislative change to allow greater consideration of the interests of...
August 5, 2022
Liberty Victoria in the News
Jaimie Gardiner is also a leader of the Australian LGBTQ community; in 2019 he was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia. As early as 1974 he was leading a campaign to decriminalize gay sex,...
July 25, 2022
Liberty Victoria in the News
Liberty's president discusses mandatory minimum sentencing in depth from 1.02 on 3CRs Thursday Breakfast program.
July 22, 2022
Liberty Victoria in the News
Liberty Victoria president Michael Stanton said he “strongly” supported the Court of Appeal’s observations, with his organisation opposing the emergence of mandatory sentencing over the past decade....
July 14, 2022
Liberty Victoria in the News
The unconscionable prosecution of Bernard Collaery was an assault on the values Australia holds dear
Last week Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus put an end to Canberra lawyer Bernard Collaery’s criminal prosecution.
July 12, 2022
Liberty Victoria in the News
Jason Roberts will face an uncertain legal path to a major compensation payout for his more than 20 years’ imprisonment because Victoria’s human rights provisions do not carry the same powers that...
July 12, 2022
Liberty Victoria in the News
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