Liberty Victoria welcomes the government's exposure draft marriage equality bill, but calls for religious exemptions to be removed, not expanded. Announced along with the failed plebiscite...
January 20, 2017
Submission
The plight and treatment of asylum seekers has always been of real concern to Liberty Victoria. In 2012 and 2013 the continued detention of a number of refugees as a result of adverse security...
January 17, 2017
Event
On 8 November 2016, the Attorney-General referred to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights for inquiry and report, whether the operation of Part IIA of the Racial Discrimination Act 1975...
January 13, 2017
Submission
The Voltaire Award for free speech has been given annually by Liberty Victoria for many years. In 2016, we presented the inaugural ‘Empty Chair’ award. In 2017, we presented the inaugural ‘Young...
December 30, 2016
Liberty Victoria Updates
December 20, 2016
Liberty Victoria in the News
December 13, 2016
Liberty Victoria in the News
Human rights group Liberty Victoria applauds the Andrews government for taking a strong and principled stance on the right to die with dignity.
However, while welcoming that announcement, Liberty is...
December 8, 2016
Press Release
December 7, 2016
Liberty Victoria in the News
Andrews Government should let Parole
Board do its job, says Liberty Victoria
Liberty Victoria warns that the Andrews Government’s proposed new parole laws are an unnecessary and dangerous step...
December 6, 2016
Press Release
Public safety and the State budget will suffer as a result of harsh new measures by the Andrews Government, Liberty Victoria warned today.
The human rights group’s president, Jessie Taylor, said “The...
December 5, 2016
Press Release