Lawyers are warning police in Victoria to exercise restraint and use their common sense before issuing $1,652 coronavirus fines for breaches of social isolation rules.
"When extraordinary measures...
April 7, 2020
Liberty Victoria in the News
Julia Kretzenbacher Vice President of Liberty Victoria discusses the covid-19 restrictions on Neil Mitchells 3AW program.
April 1, 2020
Liberty Victoria in the News
The call for humane decarceration during this pandemic & some civil rights concerns about the govt response so far. With Criminal Lawyer and Liberty Victoria Vice President Julia Kretzenbacher...
April 1, 2020
Liberty Victoria in the News
Victorians are facing fines of up to $20,000 for serious breaches of the state's tough new stay-at-home directions. But critics say confuion around the new regulations which will be in place until...
April 1, 2020
Liberty Victoria in the News
Both the community and government are “rightly focusing” on “what needs to happen to keep us safe” in light of the “threat that is posed to the health and safety of us all” by COVID-19, Liberty...
April 1, 2020
Liberty Victoria in the News
Most states say police will use discretion over potential social distancing violations, but rights advocates argue public messaging on new laws can be unclear.
Julian Burnside, a human rights...
March 31, 2020
Liberty Victoria in the News
Liberty Victoria's call to decarcerate the state's jails and detention centres to reduce the transmission of COVID-19 has been reported by the Sun-Herald
March 26, 2020
Liberty Victoria in the News
The decision over the weekend to halt new jury trials in New South Wales and Victoria — Australia’s most populous states — was the first real COVID-19 shock to hit the justice system. It will not...
March 17, 2020
Liberty Victoria in the News
Rick Morton discusses the case of Payam Saadat. The federal government is holding up a bid to compensate more than 60 people who allegedly suffered psychological trauma in immigration detention...
February 19, 2020
Liberty Victoria in the News
For nearly a decade, Payam Saadat has fought for compensation over the trauma he endured in immigration detention. More than 60 other cases rely on the result of his trial.
Rick Morton interviewed...
February 19, 2020
Liberty Victoria in the News