Anne O'Rourke, 23 June 2008
It has been claimed by some religious groups that the Victorian Law Reform Commission (VLRC) has ignored the views of the majority in its Final Report on the Law of...
February 2, 2009
Liberty Victoria Updates
Michael Pearce SC, 13 August 2008
NEW technologies and the complexity of modern society have made great inroads into the privacy we once enjoyed. These developments are largely irreversible and will...
February 2, 2009
Liberty Victoria Updates
5 June 2008
VICTORIA Legal Aid has cut the Fitzroy Legal Service practice funding by 40%. This will mean that the Fitzroy Legal Service is able to help 400 fewer clients each year. Fitzroy Legal...
February 2, 2009
Liberty Victoria Updates
9 September 2008
LIBERTY Victoria supports the Victorian Government’s measures to decriminalize abortion. “Regulation of abortion should be like any other medical procedure,” Anne O’Rourke, Vice-...
February 2, 2009
Liberty Victoria Updates
2 September 2008
LIBERTY Victoria has expressed its dismay at the behaviour of the Australian Federal Police Commissioner, Mick Keelty, and former Immigration Minister Kevin Andrews in the Haneef...
February 2, 2009
Liberty Victoria Updates
‘Liberty Victoria leadership changes’
17 December 2008
‘Commonwealth human rights inquiry’
10 December 2008
‘Trial by media of Theo Theophanous’
16 October 2008
‘Time to decriminalise abortion...
February 1, 2009
Liberty Victoria Updates
16 October 2008
LIBERTY Victoria has expressed disquiet about the trial by media of State Parliamentarian Theo Theophanous. Liberty President, Julian Burnside QC, said there was a grave risk that Mr...
February 1, 2009
Liberty Victoria Updates
10 December 2008
THE President of Liberty Victoria, Michael Pearce SC, today welcomed the announcement by the Commonwealth Attorney-General, Mr McClelland, of a consultation on the protection of...
February 1, 2009
Liberty Victoria Updates
The Alan Missen Prize is named after the late Liberal senator Alan Missen and is awarded by the Alan Missen Trust for the most outstanding essay on Australian civil liberties.
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February 1, 2009
Liberty Victoria Updates