The Right Honourable Tony Benn MP once famously remarked ‘the way a government treats refugees is very instructive because it shows you how they would treat the rest of us if they thought they could...
May 3, 2021
Press Release
Liberty Victoria's Rights Advocacy Project is calling for a fairer and more transparent bridging visa system for refugees and people seeking asylum who are waiting in the community for their...
April 27, 2021
Press Release
Liberty Victoria concerned about Morrison Government being prepared to send refugees back to countries where they face a real risk of death, torture or persecution
In a recent Federal Court...
March 25, 2021
Press Release
Liberty Victoria is concerned about data security following the part-privatisation of VicRoads. The data that will become available to private enterprise will be very broad and Liberty Victoria is...
March 16, 2021
Press Release
Liberty Victoria welcomes the decision handed down by the Full Federal Court today concerning the Biloela family. A unanimous Full Federal Court has upheld the earlier decision of the Honourable...
February 16, 2021
Press Release
Liberty Victoria Calls on Government to find COVID-safe ways for Protest Activity
Liberty Victoria is disappointed in the Premier’s reported comments this week that now is not the time to be...
January 22, 2021
Press Release
Liberty Victoria welcomes today’s Ombudsman’s Report into the public housing ‘hard lockdown’ in July of this year.
As the Ombudsman said in her report, “[i]n a just society, human rights are not a...
December 17, 2020
Press Release
Victoria can be a place where sexually and gender diverse Victorians can grow up feeling accepted, supported and loved.
The Victorian Government’s Change or Suppression (Conversion) Practices...
December 7, 2020
Press Release
The time has come for it to be made clear that responsible, peaceful and socially distanced protest activity is lawful in the State of Victoria.
Liberty Victoria is very concerned by the recent...
November 5, 2020
Press Release
The proposal reported on in the media that there was consideration to reduce jury sizes from 12 to 8 is wrong and should not be implemented. Rather than rush through such a fundamental change to a...
October 14, 2020
Press Release