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 is pleased to announce that Sitarah Mohammadi and Sajjad Askary are the 2022 Liberty Victoria Young Voltaire Human Rights Award recipients.
The Young Voltaire Human Rights Award...
August 25, 2022
Press Release
Comment on the Reason Party’s Health Legislation (Conscientious Objection) Bill 2022 (Vic)
1. Liberty Victoria welcomes the Reason Party’s Health Legislation (Conscientious Objection) Bill 2022 (Vic...
August 16, 2022
Submission
Liberty Victoria supports some aspects of the Bill. However, in our view many other aspects of the Bill are unnecessary and add complexity to an already difficult area of the law. As we said in our...
August 15, 2022
Submission
Climate change has wrought devastating consequences in Australia — bushfires and floods have caused significant loss of life and mass displacement; bleaching events have affected large parts of the...
August 9, 2022
Press Release
Climate change has wrought devastating consequences in Australia — bushfires and floods have caused significant loss of life and mass displacement; bleaching events have affected large parts of the...
August 9, 2022
Policy
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
Liberty Victoria is opposed to the proposed new offence of engaging in grossly offensive conduct in public. It should not become law.
The Bill seeks to respond to particular conduct by Mr Richard...
August 2, 2022
Submission
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