Liberty Victoria Press Releases
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Liberty Victoria welcomes the High Court’s decision handed down today, which recognises that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people cannot be considered “aliens” under the Australian... Read more
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Liberty Victoria are seeking volunteers to assist in running our annual Voltaire Awards on Saturday 27 July, which celebrate individuals who have made an outstanding contribution to free speech and... Read more
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Liberty Victoria honours Nasrin Sotoudeh with the Voltaire 'Empty Chair' Award 2019 Nasrin is an Iranian lawyer and human rights defender, renowned for her work representing abused women and children... Read more
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Liberty Victoria honours the Ngaga-Dji project ( Hear me!), a collaborative project of the Koorie Youth Council led by Anna Cerreto and Indi Clarke, with the Young Voltaire Award. The Young Voltaire... Read more
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This year Liberty Victoria honours Debbie Kilroy, the founder of Sisters Inside, with the Voltaire Human Rights Award. The Voltaire Award honours a person or group for an outstanding contribution to... Read more
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Liberty Victoria believes fervently in the importance of impartial, independent legal advice and representation. Liberty Victoria is an organisation made up predominately (though not solely) of legal... Read more
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The proposed spent convictions bill introduced by Reason Party leader Fiona Patten MP would transform the lives of many Victorians. If passed, the proposed scheme would bring Victoria in line with... Read more
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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... Read more
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New mandatory sentencing laws will not make our communities safer, the human rights group Liberty Victoria warned today. The comments were made in response to Wednesday’s announcement that the... Read more
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One of Australia’s most popular actors and a prominent activist are among those awarded this year’s major free speech awards, announced today. A further award went to a journalist asylum seeker who... Read more