Ensuring Justice and Enhancing Human Rights: Improving Legal Aid Service Delivery to Reach Vulnerable and Disadvantaged People
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Liz Curran, Lecturer in Law, Latrobe Law and Committee Member of Liberty Victoria (November 2007).
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This report is chiefly aimed at those engaged in the delivery of legal aid services, the development of legal service programs and those involved in public policy. The report aims to bring together key research on the delivery of legal aid services to vulnerable and marginalised groups.
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Report
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Political 'White Ants' Erode Human Rights
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Joseph Wakim, OAM, founder of the Australian Arabic Council
Harold Zwier, Executive Member of the Australian Jewish Democratic Society
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What is it about human rights that so irks our major political parties? Over the last 15 years, human rights in Australia have taken a battering. They have been incarcerated, controlled, thrown overboard, warred against, Naru'd, ridiculed, deported and even Guantanamo'd in two instances.
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Article
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A history of Liberty Victoria
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Intellectuals and Politics in 1930s Melbourne
Adam Car
An Honours thesis that details the events leading to the formation of the Australian Council for Civil Liberties, 1914 - 1937.
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Thesis
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HIV Reporting
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Robert Niemann (2007-25-07)
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A transcript of a radio interview involving Robert Niemann and others on the decision by state and territory health ministers to require doctors to report any HIV patients whom they believe to be behaving recklessly.
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Transcript
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Anniversary of Ronald Ryan's death
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Lucie O'Brien (2007-24-02)
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The 3rd of February 2007 marked the fortieth anniversary of Ronald Ryan 's death by hanging in Pentridge Prison, Coburg.
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Opinion
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Spencer Zifcak on Jack Thomas' Trial by Media
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[Originally published in New Matilda, August 30, 2006]
Professor Spencer Zifcak
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Mr Jack Thomas, to whom the popular media have added the epithet ‘Jihad’,
was freed by the Victorian Court of Appeal a week ago. Mr Thomas was the first
person to be tried in Australia under the Federal Government’s new anti-terror laws.
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Article
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Justice Kirby and Senator Heffernan. Unfinished Business
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Liberty Victoria calls on the Prime Minister to take positive action to end systemic discrimination against lesbians and gay men by legislative amendment, including the full and equal recognition of same-sex relationships, in the wake of the Heffernan Affair. (12 May 2002)
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Letter
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Corporations That Kill: The Criminal
Liability of Tobacco Manufacturers
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Jonathan Liberman Legal Consultant, VicHealth Centre for Tobacco Control and Quit Victoria.
Jonathan Clough, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law, Monash University
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In April 2002 British American Tobacco Australia became the first tobacco company in
Australia to be ordered to pay compensation to a person dying of smoking-related illness. In
the United States such civil claims have resulted in tobacco companies being ordered to pay
massive remedial and punitive damages. While many now accept that tobacco companies may
be civilly liable, little attention has been given to their potential criminal liability. This article
challenges the false assumptions surrounding the “legality” of the tobacco industry and
outlines the case for criminal responsibility. It then concludes with suggestions for reform of
the tobacco industry. CRIMINAL LAW JOURNAL – Volume 26 (August 2002)
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Article
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Abortion and the Law
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Jo Wainer and Joseph O'Reilly (1997)
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Article
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The Family Law Reform Act and Asian Family Values
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Justice Alastair Nicholson. The article discusses issues in relation to the Family Law Reform Act and increasing divorse rates within Australia, particularily with members of Asian communities (1997)
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Article
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The Child Support Scheme Review
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Linda Hancock (1997)
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Critically analyses the report "Examination of the Operation and Effectiveness of the Scheme"
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Article
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Free speech outweighs contempt of court
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David Langsam
Discusses the efforts of Albert Langer to inform the public of their right not to vote according to directions on ballot slips, and of the court case that followed. (1996)
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Article
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The Model Forensic Procedures Bill
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Bernadette McSherry and Ian Freckelton
Provides a brief overview of some of the main features of the Model Forensic Procedures Bill (Cth) 1995, including issues relating to potential human rights abuses in the forcible carrying out of forensic procedures. Published in "Liberty", Vol 12, No 1, 1996
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Article
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Human Rights and Mental Illness
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Liz Curran
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Discusses the lack of response by the Victorian government to criticisms of mental health reforms by Human Rights Commissioner Brian Burdekin. (1 June 1996)
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Article
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In Praise of Political Incorrectness
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Anne Waldron Neumann
Argues in favour of so-called `political correctness`, examining the ideological and coercive endeavours to have it undermined. %2
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