The Victorian Council for Civil Liberties (Liberty Victoria) condemns the Victorian Government’s latest attempt to undermine the human rights of people in prison. Laws that are due to pass the Victorian Parliament this week seek to override Victoria’s own human rights laws and remove safeguards aimed at ensuring bare minimum standards for the treatment of […]
An open letter to the city of Melbourne: Facial recognition technology is not the future we want The Victorian Council for Civil Liberties, known as Liberty Victoria, is one of Australia’s leading civil liberties organisations. We have worked to defend and extend human rights and freedoms in Victoria since 1936. We write to express our […]
Author: Liberty Victoria The Federal Election will be held this Saturday, 3 May 2025. Liberty Victoria does not endorse any candidate or party in this, or any other, election. Instead, we seek always to defend and extend human rights and civil liberties and encourage our supporters and all Australians to think deeply about where their candidates […]
Author: Liberty Victoria Submitted To: Senate Standing Committees on Environment and CommunicationsThere needs to be a more considered approach. Liberty Victoria advocates for more targeted interventions that aim to minimise harms while preserving social media’s benefits for children under the age of 16. A blanket ban will be ineffective and indeed will make matters worse […]
Police have denied racial profiling after wrongly arresting a former immigration detainee in relation to a sexual assault in an inner Melbourne suburb this week. Victoria Police revealed yesterday they had charged the 44-year-old former detainee with sexual assault, stalking and two counts of unlawful assault. Ms Kretzenbacher said it was “even more disappointing was […]
The LIV, Liberty Victoria and Digital Rights Watch call on members of the Legislative Council to respect patient autonomy to legislate for an opt-out provision to ensure that Victorians have the right to decide whether or not their medical information will be shared across public health services. The Health Legislation Amendment (Information Sharing) Bill 2023 […]