Government should reject calls for a more punitive approach to child prisoners, and should focus on the promotion of the rehabilitation of children and the removal of children from detention. In its...
April 8, 2017
Submission
Liberty Victoria is mindful of the profound, pervasive, often catastrophic impacts of family violence in Victoria, and the need to develop holistic and sustained strategies to prevent and reduce...
April 3, 2017
Submission
2017 Voltaire Award Night
Liberty has been working since 1936 to extend and defend human rights and freedom.
Each year Liberty Victoria holds its Voltaire Dinner to celebrate free speech.
By...
March 30, 2017
Event Calendar
March 28, 2017
Liberty Victoria in the News
In Liberty's view the City of Melbourne’s proposed Activities (Public Amenity and Security) Local Law 2017 (“Amending Laws”) are draconian in their nature and target some of the most vulnerable...
March 21, 2017
Submission
Liberty Victoria's submission to the Bail Review focuses on five topics related to the Bail Act 1977 (Vic):
Who should make bail decisions?;
The construction of section 4 of the Bail Act;
The need...
March 17, 2017
Submission
Liberty Victoria and the unmanned systems industry are seeking answers to such questions as: is it legal for a neighbour to fly a drone over your backyard? Can you stop someone filming you from above...
March 14, 2017
Submission
It is my great pleasure to announce today the launch of the brand new site for Liberty Victoria's Rights Advocacy Project.
RAP (previously known as Young Liberty for Law Reform) is a project of...
March 10, 2017
Liberty Victoria Updates
Thanks to all of you who joined us in the room or watched the live-stream. Anyone can catch up here: https://youtu.be/7XOQAIDVD40
#modernconfidential
#paw2017
The notion of personal privacy in a...
March 9, 2017
Event Calendar
A lot of what we know about the harm being caused by our immigration policies comes from whistleblowers. However, many stay silent, deterred from speaking out. Their silence is harmful. It is harmful...
March 9, 2017
Submission