Liberty Victoria’s submission to the Parliamentary Inquiry into the provisions of the Anti-Terrorism (No. 2) Bill 2005 (11/11/2005)
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Liberty opposes any laws that are likely to trench disproportionately upon fundamental rights and liberties. We regard the idea that a balance can be struck between these two competing imperatives as misconceived. Instead, it is apparent that protection against terrorist activity may require some sacrifice of rights and liberties. Equally, the protection of rights and liberties requires that laws designed to protect against terrorism must not be disproportionate to their objective. One key criterion of proportionality is the extent to which such laws infringe upon human rights and civil liberties. The greater the infringement the less likely it is that anti-terror laws will be regarded as proportionate to their protective
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Submission
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Detention Powers
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Submission to Joint Parliamentary Committee on ASIO, ASIS and DSD, Review of Division 3 Part III of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979 (Cth) Questioning and Detention Powers. We recommend its repeal or sunsetting without extension, and failing that major amendment to restore human rights safeguards.
Lucinda O'Brien (04-04-2005)
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Submission
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Acting Judges
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Letter to the Victorian Attorney-General. The primary concern relates to the separation of powers, and the necessary erosion of that
constitutional principle which the appointment of acting judges represents. (30 March 2005)
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Submission
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Working with Children Bill 2005
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Liberty agrees with the comments in the Discussion paper for the Bill that there are a number of competing policy considerations in any proposal for a Working with Children check, but it is concerned that some of these competing considerations have been subordinated more than
is necessary. (25 February, 2005)
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