Liberty Victoria strongly opposes the abolition of de novo appeals. These significant reforms have been introduced without evidence-based support. The last investigation in 2006 by the Law Reform...
August 21, 2018
Submission
This event is run by Liberty Victoria's Rights Advocacy Project. View the event on their website here.
After two sell-out years, RAP’s annual trivia night is going BIG! We’ve hired the Fitzroy Town...
July 26, 2018
Event Calendar
A leading human rights group today joined a chorus of condemnation of new State Government laws that sharply cut the amount of time people may spend together.
Under the laws children as young as 14...
July 24, 2018
Press Release
Crikey report on RAP's States of Refuge Report
Date: 2 Jul 2018
July 2, 2018
Liberty Victoria in the News
Liberty Victoria fully supports constitutional recognition of Australia's First Peoples, in the form set out in the Uluru Statement from the Heart: a constitutionally enshrined, First Nations Voice...
June 18, 2018
Submission
Border Politics is a powerful and moving documentary about the plight of people seeking safety around the globe. The film follows human rights barrister and Liberty Victoria past president Julian...
May 29, 2018
Event Calendar
This Bill proposes to expand the detention and supervision order regime under the Serious Sex Offenders (Detention and Supervision) Act 2009 (Vic) to non-sexual violence offences. Under the scheme,...
May 26, 2018
Submission
Cashless Debit Card (CDC) regimes have been operating in Ceduna, South Australia, and East Kimberley, Western Australia, since 2016. Under these schemes, welfare recipients receive most of their...
April 29, 2018
Event Calendar
The Guardianship and Administration Bill 2018 is a necessary reform to update and bring Victoria’s personal guardianship and administration laws into line with modern expectations and human rights. ...
April 24, 2018
Submission
Senior Vice President Michael Stanton speaking on 3AW with Tony Jones discussing Liberty Victoria's response to the Andrews government announcement last week to expand the number of offences for...
April 17, 2018
Liberty Victoria in the News