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- Offshore detention faces big shake-up
Sydney Morning Herald - Australia - 11 Nov 2010
Stephen Blanks, a lawyer with the NSW Council for Civil Liberties, said the decision would have have implications for processing at Christmas Island, ...
- They know where you live: big council is watching you
Sydney Morning Herald - Australia - 17 Sep 2008
However, the secretary of the NSW Council for Civil
Liberties, Stephen Blanks, said statutory authorities
should not be gathering personal information ...
- Beware of the police bearing lists
Sydney Morning Herald - Australia - 6 Sep 2008
Stephen Blanks, from the NSW Council for Civil Liberties,
said the list was merely a collection of people whom the
NSW Police and the State Government did ...
-
Open government reforms praised
NEWS.com.au - Australia - 22 July 2008
New South Wales Council of Civil Liberties president
Cameron Murphy welcomed the move. "Conclusive
certificates have been a barrier to the public's right to ...
-
Outcry dilutes Google's all-seeing Street View plan
NEWS.com.au - Australia - 19 July 2008
... why it's so important to ensure there's no chance of
that happening in the first place," NSW Council for Civil
Liberties president Cameron Murphy said. ...
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The other side of the fence
Sydney Morning Herald - Australia - 18 July 2008
... worked out now why detention is wrong, another
inquiry is not going to tell us," says Stephen Blanks,
secretary of the NSW Council for Civil Liberties. ...
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AUSTRALIA: Court Upholds Free Speech at Major Catholic Event
Inter Press Service - Italy - 18 July 2008
Cameron Murphy, president of the NSW Council for Civil
Liberties (NSWCCL), is critical of the amendment not being
subject to parliament’s approval. ...
-
World Youth Day 'anti-annoyance' law be damned: appalled ...
The Australian - Australia - 18 July 2008
... "anti-annoyance" laws for World Youth Day, Jeff Shaw left
a message on the phone of NSW Council of Civil Liberties
president Cameron Murphy. ...
-
Australian court finds anti-democratic World Youth Day “annoyance”
law invalid
World Socialist Web Site - USA - 17 July 2008
Supported by the NSW Council for Civil Liberties, the applicants
firstly argued that the laws breached the Australian constitution.
...
-
Protesters are free to annoy after court ruling
The Canberra Times - Australia - 16 July 2008
Secretary for the NSW Council for Civil Liberties Stephen
Blanks said the ruling was a ''slap over the wrist'' for
the NSW Government.
-
Protesters
free to annoy Catholic pilgrims
Stuff.co.nz - New Zealand / AAP - 15 July 2008
"The government should consider it has had a slap over the
wrist," added Stephen Blanks, secretary of the NSW Council
for Civil Liberties. ...
-
Court dumps 'annoy' law
Sydney Morning Herald - 15 July 2008
Stephen Blanks, secretary of the NSW Council for Civil Liberties,
who accompanied Ms Evans from the court, said the judgment
illustrated that the Government did not intend to give the
minister power to make regulations about that type of conduct.
-
Court win for papal visit protestors in Australia
Monsters and Critics.com - USA / Deutsche Presse-Agentur
- 15 July 2008
Cameron Murphy, president of the Council of Civil Liberties,
said that under the rules a police officer might issue a
fine after deciding that someone's ...
-
Youth Day laws to be challenged in court
The Age - Melbourne, Australia - 4 July 2008
... are counter-productive laws and they impinge important
human rights," NSW Council for Civil Liberties spokesman
Stephen Blanks told reporters in Sydney. ...
-
Court
challenge for WYD nuisance powers
ABC Online - Australia - 4 July 2008
The Council for Civil Liberties is preparing a court challenge
against new fines for people who annoy or inconvenience
pilgrims during Sydney's World Youth Day ...
-
Youth
Day laws 'worse than for APEC'
NEWS.com.au - Australia - 4 July 2008
SPECIAL police powers brought in for World Youth Day are
more severe than those introduced for last year's APEC summit
in Sydney, the NSW Council for Civil Liberties says. ...
-
Gay
group outrage over 'Pope police'
Ninemsn - Sydney - 4 July 2008
... The NSW Council for Civil Liberties president Cameron
Murphy said preliminary legal advice provided to the group
had indicated the laws could be unconstitutional ...
-
Legal
experts call WYD rules repugnant
ABC Radio National - AM Program - 1 July 2008
BARBARA MILLER: There's also been criticism of the regulations
from the NSW Council of Civil Liberties. CAMERON MURPHY:
A police officer may find someone's ...
-
Strip searches okayed for WYD
The Australian - Australia - 1 July 2008
NSW Council of Civil Liberties president Cameron Murphy
said the broad meaning of "causes annoyance" had the potential
to encompass any activity ...
-
Thou
shalt not annoy on Youth Day
Sydney Morning Herald - 1 July 2008
The president of the NSW Council of Civil Liberties, Cameron
Murphy, said the broad meaning of "causes annoyance"
had the potential to encompass any ...
-
Chinese
dissident deported from Australia kills himself: advocate
AFP - 16 June, 2008
The New South Wales Council for Civil Liberties said Zhang's
deportation was in breach of Australia's obligations under
the convention against torture. ...
-
China
dissident commits suicide after forcible deportation
ABC Regional Online - Australia - 16 June, 2008
Stephen Blanks from the New South Wales Council for Civil
Liberties says Mr Zhang's case is a tragic example of how
the system is flawed. ...
-
Severe
Australian policy led to torture for Chinese man
Australian News - Australia - 15 June, 2008
The Council for Civil Liberties says the man was removed
from Australia in breach of Australia's obligations under
the convention against torture.
-
Refused
asylum seeker commits suicide
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
- 16 June, 2008
The NSW Council for Civil Liberties said Mr Zhang's deportation
had been in breach of Australia's obligations under the
convention against torture. ...
-
Refused
asylum-seeker commits suicide
NEWS.com.au - Australia - 16 June, 2008
The NSW Council for Civil Liberties said Mr Zhang's deportation
had been in breach of Australia's obligations under the
UN Convention Against Torture. ...
-
Australian
drug trial aborted after jurors caught playing Sudoku
Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom - 11 June, 2008
... longer and more technical, straining jurors' attention
spans, said the vice-president of the New South Wales Council
of Civil Liberties, Pauline Wright. ...
-
Plan
to electronic tag dementia patients
The Age - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia - 2 June, 2008
But NSW Council for Civil Liberties President Cameron Murphy
said he had worries about the plan and would push to ensure
people were not treated like ...
-
Gallery
raid revives censorship issue
The Australian - Sydney,Australia - 24 May, 2008
NSW Council for Civil Liberties president Cameron Murphy
described the prospect of criminal proceedings as outrageous.
"It's really about the context in ...
-
He'd
be alive if we had tasers: police chief
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
- 19 May, 2008
A spokesman for the Council for Civil Liberties, Cameron
Murphy, said it was irresponsible for the Government to
be rolling out tasers to frontline police ...
-
Catholics
say Gordon Ramsay's show is hellish
Daily Telegraph - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia - 5 May,
2008
THE Catholic church has taken a swipe at foul-mouthed British
chef Gordon Ramsay...
-
Serial
rapist Voois to get life-saving transplant
Daily Telegraph - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia - 9 May,
2008
David Bernie, of NSW Council for Civil Liberties, said there
was no basis to deny a prisoner their right to medical treatment.
"Is it special treatment or ...
-
Children
in uniforms banished from centre
Inside Retailing - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia - 8
May, 2008
However, the Council of Civil Liberties has labelled the
banned "discriminatory" and says it will do nothing
to solve the problem of truancy. ...
-
School
uniforms banned in shops
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
- 8 May, 2008
... absolutely nothing to solve a problem of truancy; all
it does is shift it from Westpoint to elsewhere," said
the council's president, Cameron Murphy. ...
-
Shopping
centre to ban truant students
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
- 7 May, 2008
The Council of Civil Liberties is critical of the policy,
describing it as "just stupid". "(The policy)
does absolutely nothing to solve a problem of ...
-
Westpoint
shopping centre bans truant students in uniform
Daily Telegraph - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia - 7 May,
2008
All it does is shift it from Westpoint to elsewhere,"
council president Cameron Murphy told media outlets. "Why
would you be in uniform if you were a truant ...
-
Westpoint
truant stance 'stupid'
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
- 7 May, 2008
It does absolutely nothing to solve a problem of truancy,
all it does is shift it from Westpoint to elsewhere,"
council president Cameron Murphy said. ...
-
Students
barred from Westpoint
Blacktown Advocate - Blacktown,NSW,Australia - 7 May, 2008
NSW Council of Civil Liberties president Cameron Murphy
was outraged by the move and said he feared for the safety
of the children turned away from the ...
-
Cops
want extra powers on SIMs
Australian IT - Australia - 22 April, 2008
NSW Council for Civil Liberties convenor Martin Bibby said
covert intrusions left the victim open to mistaken data
matching and perhaps even blackmail. ...
-
'Police
powers breach basic rights'
Special Broadcasting Service - Australia - 16 April, 2008
... circumstances but then often it will be used later to
argue that the powers should be permanent," the council's
president, Cameron Murphy, said. ...
-
Cyber
attack safeguard provokes fears of snooping bosses
The Canberra Times - Canberra,Australian Capital Territory,Australia
- 15 April, 2008
Vice-president of the NSW Council for Civil Liberties Pauline
Wright said it would be like using "a sledgehammer
to crack a walnut" and allowing email ...
-
No
exit: sex offenders jailed for all time
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
- 7 April, 2008
The public has "charged emotional views" about
sex offenders, says Cameron Murphy, president of the NSW
Council for Civil Liberties. ...
-
Customer
information vulnerable in the hands of corporates
Webwereld - Netherlands - 31 March 2008
New South Wales Council of Civil Liberties president Cameron
Murphy said regulation is moving too slow to protect customer
rights and urged businesses to ...
-
School
stops fingerprinting students
The Australian - Sydney,Australia - 3 April, 2008
Council for Civil Liberties NSW spokesman Cameron Murphy
said fingerprinting students was overkill if the aim was
to address truancy problems. "What's next? ...
-
Customer
information vulnerable in the hands of corporates
NetworkWorld.com - Southborough,MA,USA - 31 March, 2008
New South Wales Council of Civil Liberties president Cameron
Murphy said regulation is moving too slow to protect customer
rights and urged businesses to ...
-
Customer
information vulnerable in the hands of corporates
CIO Australia - Australia - 31 March, 2008
NSW Council of Civil Liberties president Cameron Murphy
said regulation is moving too slow to protect customer rights
and urged businesses to sign the ...
-
NSW
police to seize computer networks
The West Australian - Perth,Western Australia,Australia
- 5 March, 2008
However, the NSW Council for Civil Liberties said police
presently had adequate powers to crack down on those types
of serious illegal activities. ...
-
PARTY
DRUG WARNING
Sydney Star Observer - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
- 28 February, 2008
NSW Council for Civil Liberties spokesman Michael Walton
said, “The use of drug detection sniffer dogs in NSW
breaches the right of every law-abiding ...
-
Born-again
biometrics
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
- 19 February, 2008
Stephen Blanks, secretary of the NSW Council of Civil Liberties,
says the creation of databases storing biometric identifiers
generates a privacy risk and ...
-
NSW
Govt must 'prove' stun guns are safe
ABC Online - Australia - 7 February, 2008
But Cameron Murphy from the Council for Civil Liberties
says tasers are dangerous. "If it's there then police
may use it because it's easier to pull out the ...
-
Keelty blackout call under fire
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
- 31 January, 2008
Stephen Blanks, the secretary of the NSW Council for Civil
Liberties, said Mr Keelty was trying to impose authoritarian
views on what could be reported and ...
-
New
laws cover red-light content in red tape
ZDNet.com.au - Australia - 18 January, 2008
... the NSW Council for Civil Liberties (NSW CCL), the Internet
Industry Association (IIA), large media and Internet companies
such as Google Australia, ...
-
Dementia
patients could be tagged
The Age - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia - 13 January, 2008
NSW Council for Civil Liberties vice-president Pauline Wright
said the tracking device should not be used as a gimmicky
alternative to expensive, ...
-
Satellite
tracking of dementia sufferers
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
- 13 January, 2008
NSW Council for Civil Liberties vice-president Pauline Wright
said that the tracking device should not be used as a gimmicky
alternative for expensive, ...
-
Electronic
tags for dementia sufferers mooted
NEWS.com.au - Australia - 12 January, 2008
However, Pauline Wright from the NSW Council for Civil Liberties
dismissed electronic tagging as a "gimmicky alternative
to expensive, high-quality dementia ...
-
AUSTRALIA:
National Rights Charter May Follow Victoria's Lead
Inter Press Service (subscription) - Rome,Italy - 9 January,
2008
Others, including Democrats Senator Natasha Stott Despoja,
the New South Wales Council for Civil Liberties and Amnesty
International Australia have also ...
- State
Cabinet told to axe weekend prison sentences
Daily Telegraph - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia - 7 January,
2008
However, the NSW Council for Civil Liberties was concerned
it could lead to "sentence creep" - meaning people
could be more likely to be sentenced to ...
- Australian
Government Ruling Draws Fire
Online Casino News - Stratford,CT,USA - 3 January, 2008
However, the Council’s David Bernie has called the plan
‘political grandstanding’ and a ‘gimmick’
that is being sold as protecting the public from ...
- Minister
warned on porn filters
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia -
1 January, 2008
... similar to China's and Singapore's, but will not stop
computer-savvy children looking at banned sites, according
to the NSW Council for Civil Liberties. ...
- Keelty
attacked for 'court testing'
The Australian - Sydney,Australia - 17 December, 2007
Australian Council for Civil Liberties spokesman David Bernie
said he feared Mr Keelty's statement revealed an "ideological
mindset" that governed the AFP's ...
- They
threw me down, they hurt me, they searched my bra
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia -
8 December, 2007
Cameron Murphy, of the NSW Council for Civil Liberties, said:
"We get hundreds of complaints about this, more than
any other issue, particularly when it ...
- The
killers who walk among us
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia -
2 December, 2007
But NSW Council for Civil Liberties president Cameron Murphy
said those who had finished their sentences were entitled
to a fresh start. ...
- Drunken
louts targeted by new police powers
NEWS.com.au - Australia - 30 November, 2007
"These powers used to exist in Nazi Germany and Stalinist
Russia but they don't exist in modern democracies except NSW,"
Council for Civil Liberties head ...
- New
drunken yobbo law
Daily Telegraph - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia - 30 November,
2007
... Germany and Stalinist Russia but they don't exist in modern
democracies countries except NSW," Council for Civil
Liberties head Cameron Murphy said. ...
- Smile!
You're on Google's camera
LiveNews - 24 November, 2007
Unsuspecting walkers could be snapped around Sydney under
a new campaign by international search engine Google.
- Parties'
big brother battle
Daily Telegraph - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia - 8 November,
2007
... prevention program. nsw council for civil liberties president
cameron murphy said his organisation had major concerns about
the proliferation of cameras
- The
secrets that none of us are allowed to know
Advertiser Adelaide - Adelaide,South Australia,Australia -
9 November, 2007
the prime minister has dampened expectations, saying any changes
were unlikely to satisfy the media. cameron murphy from the
nsw council for civil liberties ...
- Spy
on your kids for just $10 a month
Ninemsn - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia - 19 November,
2007
The NSW Council for Civil Liberties president, Cameron Murphy,
labelled the snooping firm a "serious invasion"
of children's privacy and their freedom of ...
- Towards
a police state
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia -
17 November, 2007
The advice of the NSW Law Society is being comprehensively
ignored. As far as the Government is concerned the Council
for Civil Liberties might as well save ...
- Libertarians
oppose more police powers
The Age - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia - 13 November, 2007
Civil liberties groups say more, not less, oversight of officers
is needed. NSW Premier Morris Iemma told parliament the laws
enabling police to close bars ...
- Report
warns of culture of secrecy
The Age - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia - 9 November, 2007
Cameron Murphy from the NSW Council for Civil Liberties said
the issues raised by the Moss Report echoed his organisation's
experiences, particularly with ...
- School
student roll call turns hi-tech
NEWS.com.au - Australia - 13 November, 2007
But president of the NSW Council for Civil Liberties Cameron
Murphy said the scanning system was "intrusive"
and suggested those using the system were ...
- Human
rights group to meet UN on torture
ABC online - November 6, 2007
Australia's treatment of terrorism suspects and asylum seekers
will be examined today when a coalition of human rights groups
meets United Nations representatives in Switzerland.
- Australia
governed in secret
Ninemsn - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia - October 11, 2007
NSW Council of Civil Liberties president Cameron Murphy supported
the report's findings, saying: "Freedom of information
is almost as bad as it was before ...
- Police
to get power to spy
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia -
October 25, 2007
The president of the NSW Council of Civil Liberties, Cameron
Murphy, said the legislation would provide the sort of powers
that "allowed police corruption ...
- On-the-spot
fines for minor offences
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia -
October 23, 2007
NSW Council for Civil Liberties spokesman Cameron Murphy called
for the scheme to be scrapped. "If the Government is
worried about these minor offences they ...
- Church
register proposed to track predators
NEWS.com.au - Australia - October 23, 2007
Australian Council of Civil Liberties secretary Cameron Murphy
slammed the initiative. "If someone makes a complaint,
you cannot hold it against someone, ...
- Church
considers sex-abuse register
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia -
October 14, 2007
The president of NSW Council for Civil Liberties, Cameron
Murphy, said the system was "fraught with danger".
"How does the church think they are going to ...
- Supermax
crims' letters of woe
Daily Telegraph - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia - 7 October,
2007
Cameron Murphy, from the NSW Council for Civil Liberties,
said he had referred complaints about Supermax to the UN.
The council had asked for a UN special ...
- SuperMax
prisoners allege abuse in NSW
The Age - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia - October 7, 2007
Cameron Murphy of the NSW Council for Civil Liberties said
he had referred complaints about Supermax to the United Nations.
He said that complaints had been ...
- Accused's
briefs even briefer under new law
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia -
1 October, 2007
Pauline Wright, a vice-president of the NSW Council for Civil
Liberties, said the lack of a full brief of evidence might
cause many accused to plead not ...
- Civil
libertarian urge Supermax closure
The Age - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia - 19 September, 2007
The NSW Council for Civil Liberties called conditions at the
southern NSW jail's High Risk Management Unit (HRMU) cruel
and degrading. ...
- Civil
libertarians call for APEC charges to be dropped
The West Australian - Perth,Western Australia,Australia -
9 September, 2007
Police overreacted and used "excessive and extreme"
powers during the rally, NSW Civil Libertarians spokesman
Cameron Murphy said. "We need some commonsense ...
- NSW
rejects Supermax closure call
ABC Regional Online - Australia - 20 September, 2007
The Council for Civil Liberties has lodged a complaint with
the UN's special rapporteur on torture to investigate conditions
at the jail's high-risk ...
- NSW
jail 'breaching UN torture convention'
Melbourne Herald Sun - Australia - 19 September, 2007
The NSW Council for Civil Liberties today called conditions
at the southern NSW jail's High Risk Management Unit (HRMU)
cruel and degrading. ...
- UN
urged to probe 'our Guantanamo'
ABC Online - Australia - 19 September, 2007
The Council for Civil Liberties is calling on the the United
Nations' special rapporteur on torture to investigate conditions
at the Supermax prison in ...
- PM
praises APEC security effort
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia -
10 September, 2007
NSW Council for Civil Liberties president Cameron Murphy told
the Seven Network the state government had not ruled out reimposing
the special police powers ...
- Calls
to drop APEC protester charges
Brisbane Times - Brisbane,Queensland,Australia - 9 September,
2007
Police overreacted and used "excessive and extreme"
powers during the rally, NSW Civil Libertarians spokesman
Cameron Murphy said. "We need some commonsense ...
- Identity
parade of the secret police
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia -
10 September, 2007
The spokesman for the NSW Council for Civil Liberties, Cameron
Murphy, said most of the people who were charged did not display
violence, and were in the ...
- 18
arrests made during APEC protests
LIVENEWS.com.au - Sydney,NSW,Australia - 9 September, 2007
Cameron Murphy from the Civil Liberties Council says some
police actions over the summit have been completely uncalled
for. "[It's] absolutely unnecessary ...
- Calls
for protest arrest charges to be dropped
ABC Online - Australia - 9 September, 2007
The organisation's state president Cameron Murphy is accusing
police of using excessive force, not common sense, during
the APEC weekend. ...
- Security
tight as protest begins
Melbourne Herald Sun - Australia - 8 September, 2007
NSW Council of Civil Liberties president Cameron Murphy said
the response showed all the signs of a "police state".
"It's just excessive. ...
- Police
arrest APEC protesters
NEWS.com.au - Australia - 8 September, 2007
... from marching north along George St. NSW Council of Civil
Liberties president Cameron Murphy said the action showed
all the signs of a "police state". ...
- Successful
challenge of draconian APEC security
Scoop.co.nz - New Zealand - 6 September, 2007
Greenpeace will hold a press conference together with the
Council for Civil Liberties and APEC legal observers Human
Rights Monitors this afternoon at ...
- When
rights are wrong
Melbourne Herald Sun - Australia - 5 September 2007
True, Robertson wants just a non-binding charter of rights
that could be changed, but the NSW Council of Civil Liberties
and others want a Bill entrenched ...
- Bush
due in Sydney for APEC amid anti-war protests
Reuters South Africa - Johannesburg, South Africa - 4 September
2007
... peacefully protesting against Bush during APEC and they
are in the majority," said New South Wales Council for
Civil Liberties president Cameron Murphy. ...
- Schools
adopt swipe cards for toilet breaks
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- 2 September 2007
But civil libertarians said the monitoring of students - even
on toilet breaks - was going too far. NSW Council for Civil
Liberties president Cameron Murphy ..
- PROTESTERS
DEMAND EQUALITY
Sydney Star Observer - Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- 16 August 2007
NSW Council for Civil Liberties spokesman David Bernie said
the community wanted to know where Turnbull stood in regards
to gay and lesbian rights. ...
- Backflip
on internet filter
The Australian - Sydney, Australia 11 August 2007
The NSW president of the Council for Civil Liberties, Cameron
Murphy, said the Government's policy was a curtailment of
freedom of choice for adults, ...
- PROTEST
FOR EQUAL RIGHTS
Sydney Star Observer - Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- 9 August 2007
The Howard Government had failed to support equal rights for
same-sex couples, NSW Council of Civil Liberties spokesman
David Bernie said. ...
- Australia:
redefining and excusing torture
The Guardian (Australia) - Australia - 8 August 2007
Last week, the NSW Council for Civil Liberties (NSWCCL) sent
to the United Nations a report card on how Australia is complying
with its international ...
- Civil
rights onslaught continues
The Guardian (Australia) - Australia - 8 August 2007
Cameron Murphy, from the Council of Civil Liberties, agrees:
"These powers are excessive, they're an invasion of privacy
and we simply can't trust the ...
- Police
stalling: APEC protesters
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- 8 August 2007
NSW Civil Liberties Council committee member and barrister
Michael Bozic said that the NSW Police needed to face reality
that a march would occur. ...
- Drastic
new police powers criticised
2GB News - Sydney, NSW, Australia - 1 August 2007
Cameron Murphy, from the Council of Civil Liberties, says
one recent case proves how much power authorities already
have. "These powers are excessive, ...
- Ministers
accused of 'driving' Haneef case
ABC Online - Australia - 28 July 2007
But Australian Council for Civil Liberties national secretary
Cameron Murphy has told AM it is clear there was political
interference in the case. ...
- Ruddock's
conduct in Haneef case grilled
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- 27 July 2007
Australian Council for Civil Liberties national secretary
Cameron Murphy said he believed political interference had
affected legal processes, ...
- RALLY
TO DEMAND EQUALITY
Sydney Star Observer - Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- 25 July 2007
... PFLAG, Metropolitan Community Church, the Gender Centre,
Sydney Star Observer and the NSW Council for Civil Liberties.
The Mardi Gras organisation, ...
- University
sticks to letter of privacy law
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney, New South Wales,Australia
- 24 July 2007
David Bernie, the vice-president of the NSW Council for Civil
Liberties, said: "When police think they can just get
information by asking, they'll do it. ...
- Govt
slammed over Haneef
The Canberra Times, Canberra, Australia - 23 July 2007
NSW Council for Civil Liberties secretary, Stephen Blanks,
said the Opposition had been spineless and the Government
had proved untrustworthy in condoning the continued detention
of Haneef....
- Mobiles
to become tracking devices
NEWS.com.au - Australia - 23 July 2007
The NSW Council for Civil Liberties said it was vital that
such information only be collected after obtaining a warrant,
which provided safeguards for ...
- Iemma
tightens NSW bail, terrorism laws
The Age - Melbourne, Victoria ,Australia - 22 July 2007
Civil libertarians said the changes were unnecessary and unlikely
to help the fight against terrorism. NSW Council of Civil
Liberties president Cameron ...
- Police
can take DNA from every offender
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- 22 July 2007
NSW Council for Civil Liberties president Cameron Murphy said
the Government was setting up a DNA database on the whole
population by stealth. ...
- PM
'acted against govt advice on Tampa'
The Age - Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - 22 July 2007
Australian Council for Civil Liberties (ACCL) secretary Cameron
Murphy said the prime minister must immediately make public
the legal advice he was given in ...
- Lawyers'
outrage over Haneef
The Australian - Sydney, Australia - 17 July 2007
Cameron Murphy, secretary of the Australian Council for Civil
Liberties, said the Government was undermining the independence
of the court system. ...
- Indian
terror suspect jailed after securing bail
France24 - Paris, France - 18 July 2007
Australian Council for Civil Liberties secretary Cameron Murphy
said the government was undermining the independent court
system. "It is not appropriate for ...
- Howard
govt accused of 'trampling democracy'
Evening Echo - Cork, Ireland - 17 July 2007
... are made for the right reasons, and aren't subject to
political interference," said Cameron Murphy of the Australian
Council for Civil Liberties. ...
- Australia
revokes Indian doctor's visa - Summary
Earthtimes.org - USA - 16 July 2007
Civil libertarians blasted the move, with Council for Civil
Liberties spokesman Cameron Murphy arguing that the government
of Prime Minister John Howard had ...
- Haneef
challenge 'may be successful'
The Age - Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - 16 July 2007
Cameron Murphy, the secretary of the Australian Council for
Civil Liberties (ACCL), said the government was undermining
the independence of the court system ...
- Police
got student data just by asking
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- 13 July 2007
"If police need this information for a criminal investigation
it is not difficult for them to get a warrant," said
David Bernie, the vice-president of the ...
- Uni
lets police see personal records
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- 11 July 2007
... the information without subpoenas or warrants was legal
but inappropriate, said the vice-president of the NSW Council
of Civil Liberties, David Bernie. ...
- Firm
proves biometrics and privacy can work together
techworld.nl - Haarlem, Noord Holland, Netherlands - 27 June
2007
As a proponent of such security concerns, New South Wales
Council of Civil Liberties president Cameron Murphy has called
for all biometric suppliers and ...
- keeping
abreast
SX News - Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - 27 June 2007
Amnesty International, in conjunction with the NSW Council
for Civil Liberties, arranged for death row survivor, Sunny
Jacobs to speak at a seminar protesting the death penalty.
...
- Police
get more powers to mistreat protesters
Green Left Weekly - Chippendale, NSW, Australia - 22 June
2007
Michael Bozic, a barrister with the NSW Council of Civil Liberties,
said on June 20 that the new powers being given to police
during the APEC summit would ...
-
Secret APEC list worries libertarians
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- 20 June 2006
"It's got nothing to do with protecting the public,"
Ms Samson said at a joint press conference with the NSW Council
of Civil Liberties and The Greens. ...
- Those
on APEC black list 'know who they are'
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- 19 June 2007
The Greens, the NSW Council for Civil Liberties and student
activists from the main APEC protest group, the Stop Bush
Coalition, are united against the APEC ...
- Pell
faces jail for contempt
Daily Telegraph - Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - 16
June 2007
"George Pell is entitled to freedom of speech and to
engage in political discourse,'' the council's president Cameron
Murphy said. ...
- MOBILE
CAMERA OPTION
Border Mail - Albury, New South Wales, Australia - 12 June
2007
President of the NSW Council for Civil Liberties Cameron Murphy
said the use of footage in court would be dealt with on a
case-by-case basis. ...
- Think
outside the box: real policy better than ads
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- 5 June 2007
Cameron Murphy, the president of the NSW Council for Civil
Liberties, said that "telling people to ring a hotline
isn't going to solve anything" and warned ...
- Call
for music videos to be classified
ABC Online - Australia - 2 June 2007
That comes as no surprise to the President of the New South
Wales Council for Civil Liberties, Cameron Murphy. He says
there's no problem with the current ...
- Sydney
City Council's plan to limit free speech
Green Left Weekly - Chippendale, NSW, Australia - 26 May 2007
The City of Sydney Council wants to limit the distribution
of printed material, something that Cameron Murphy, president
of the NSW Council for Civil ...
- Libel
case raises allegations of ethnic cleansing
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- 21 May 2007
The president of the NSW Council of Civil Liberties, Cameron
Murphy, said that while he would not comment on the Bennette/Cohen
case, companies and ...
- Tightening
'Anti-Terrorism' Censorship
Inter Press Service News Agency - 18 May 2007
"The proposed changes raise fundamental problems by infringing
on the right to free speech," says Stephen Blanks, secretary
of the New South Wales Council for Civil Liberties (NSWCCL).
- Watch
out, you’re on camera
Area News - Griffith, NSW, Australia - 18 May 2007
Last week, the NSW council for Civil Liberties urged Griffith
to set up an independent audit committee which would have
the power to check up on CCTV ...
- ‘CCTV
will cause loss of privacy’
Area News - Griffith,NSW,Australia - 9 May 2007
... body parts which was passed on to friends and eventually
ended up on the internet,” said NSW Council for Civil
Liberties president Cameron Murphy. ...
- Recruiters
checking candidates on search engines
ABC Online - Australia - 23 April 2007
Cameron Murphy, NSW Council for Civil Liberties: I think it's
very worrying that recruiters are Googling candidates to find
out about their background. ...
- Express
yourself, up to a point
The Australian - Sydney, Australia - 27 March 2007
The NSW Council of Civil Liberties is appealing the ban, saying
that "while the material in question may be politically
and socially controversial, ...
- Retrial
for police murder suspect
The Australian - Sydney,Australia - 22 March 2007
But the president of the NSW Council for Civil Liberties,
Cameron Murphy, said the High Court decision set a risky precedent
for the principle of double ...
- Court
ruling may overturn double jeopardy law
ABC Online - Australia - 22 March 2007
Cameron Murphy is president of the New South Wales Council
for Civil Liberties. He says the decision is a violation of
the principle of double jeopardy. .
- Threat
of a smoking gun
Daily Telegraph - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia - 19 March
2007
Cameron Murphy of the Council of Civil Liberties said the
Mosman ban was "clearly excessive". "Councils
should be to balancing the interests and rights of ...
- Australians
protest Iraq war
Green Left Weekly - Chippendale,NSW,Australia - 17 March 2007
Pauline Wright from the Council for Civil Liberties addressed
the crowd, as did Newcastle candidates in the NSW state election
Bryce Gaudry (independent) ...
- Troops
out, Hicks home: protesters
NEWS.com.au - Australia - 17 March 2007
Vice President of the NSW Council of Civil Liberties David
Bernie told protesters that Hicks' detention for so long without
charge was an issue that had ...
- Govt
to push ahead with smartcard plan
The Age - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia - 16 March 2007
President Cameron Murphy says tougher security measures need
to be put in place if the card is introduced. "We've
had the assurances in the past that ...
- Civil
Liberties concern over access card
The Age - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia - 16 March 2007
NSW Council of Civil Liberties president Cameron Murphy said
there were reasons for concern about the card's security.
"We've had the assurances in the past ...
- Police
Pooches For Third Week In A Row
Same Same - Sydney,NSW,Australia - 12 March 2007
And according to statistics from the NSW Council For Civil
Liberties 73% of people identified by sniffer dogs are not
even carrying drugs, ...
- Keep
Our Parties Safe
Sydney Star Observer - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia -
1 March 2007
On the NSW Council for Civil Liberties website (www.nswccl.org.au/issues/sniffer_dogs.php)
there is a section dedicated to sniffer dogs and your legal
...
- 'Cowardly'
bouncers terrorising pub-goers
NEWS.com.au - Australia - Daily Telegraph - 28 February 2007
The council's president Cameron Murphy said that most security
bouncers were properly trained. "But you are always going
to have rednecks who think that it ...
- Cowardly
king-hit bouncers
NEWS.com.au - Australia - Daily Telegraph - 28 February 2007
The NSW Council for Civil Liberties receives up to six complaints
every month from people who have been assaulted by bouncers
on a "power trip". ...
- Neighbours
see of smokers in tribunal
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- 28 February 2007
The decision has disturbed the NSW Council for Civil Liberties.
Vice-president, David Bernie, said..."we would be opposed
to any concept unless the behaviour inside the apartment is
affecting people, even if it's self-harm, such as smoking.
- Labor
bids high in the law and order auction
The Australian - Sydney, Australia - 26 February 2007
The president of the NSW Council for Civil Liberties, Cameron
Murphy, said sentencing laws in NSW were already among the
most severe in the Western world ...
- Threat
or head in clouds?
Daily Telegraph - Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - 30
January 2007
That argument is echoed by Cameron Murphy from the NSW Council
for Civil Liberties. "It's not healthy for a democracy
to be banning people just because we ...
- Spies
like us: we never walk alone
The Australian - Sydney, Australia - 27 January 2007
Once a judge signs off on the required "B-party"
warrant, says Martin Bibby, a spokesman for the NSW Council
for Civil Liberties, the Australian Federal ...
- Advice
over tough rules for terrorism suspects rejected
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- 19 January 2007
The Council for Civil Liberties was concerned the law infringed
international human rights obligations. "In international
law, national security is not a ...
- NSW
stands by new sex offender laws
The Age - Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - 12 January 2007
The NSW Council for Civil Liberties has described the new
laws as completely inappropriate, saying there must be an
avenue for people to appeal to a ...
- Night
bans, no phones for P-platers
ABC Online - Australia - 10 January 2007
However, the New South Wales Council for Civil Liberties says
the changes will discriminate against young people. Its president,
Cameron Murphy, ...
- Speed
camera signs a hazard
Ninemsn - Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - 4 January 2007
A policy of concealing all speed cameras is opposed by the
NSW Council for Civil Liberties, with council vice-president
David Bernie claiming that speed ...
- Research
takes law student to death row
HULIQ - Hickory, NC, USA - 30 December 2006
... "I've been involved in the NSW Council for Civil
Liberties recently and I am personally opposed to the death
penalty. With nine ...
- Board
upholds Viva Erotica ban
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia -
7 December 2006
... It rejected supporting submissions by the NSW Council
for Civil Liberties and an ACNeilsen survey showing just 30
per cent of 1499 adults surveyed were ...
- Lewthwaite's
claims 'preposterous': Iemma
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia -
6 December 2006
... Meanwhile, civil libertarian Cameron Murphy says politicians
should keep their noses out of high-profile criminal cases
rather than using them to score ...
- Lewthwaite
slams NSW govt over parole
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia -
6 December 2006
... not be any.". NSWCCL President Cameron Murphy would
not be drawn on whether the council supported Lewthwaite's
claims. But he did ...
- Lewthwaite
cries foul over charges
The Australian - Sydney,Australia. 6 December 2006
... In the letter, dated yesterday and published on the website
of the NSW Council for Civil Liberties, Lewthwaite said he
feared pre-election politics may be ...
- Push
to permit real sex in R films
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia -
20 November 2006
... Its president, Cameron Murphy, said the appeal raised
a critical issue that would "seriously affect" the
ability of adults to see what they wanted. ...
- NSW
Labor under fire over sex crime scandal
ABC Regional Online - Australia - 10 November 2006
... PETA DONALD: And the New South Wales Council for Civil
Liberties is also pleading for the issue to be left to the
police and the courts. ...
- War
on free speech
The Australian - Sydney, Australia - 4 November 2006
Frank Moorhouse, NSW Council for Civil Liberties founding
member and leading Australian author explores recent acts
of suppression of free speech and censorship...
- Junk-mail
company tracks staff by satellite
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- 30 October 2006
... Cameron Murphy, the president of the NSW Council for Civil
Liberties, said the move was a "disgraceful attack on
people's right to basic privacy at work". ...
- Deadbeat
parents targeted
The Australian - Sydney, Australia - 25 October 2006
... But NSW Council for Civil Liberties president Cameron
Murphy warned the Government's approach was wrong and dangerous.
"It is very ...
- Concern
over new child protections laws
The Age - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia - 24 October 2006
... says. NSW Council for Civil Liberties president Cameron
Murphy criticised the plan as an "extreme and drastic"
approach. "DOCS should ...
- ‘Deadbeat
parents’ are the problem
Border Mail - Albury, New South Wales, Australia - 25 October
2006
... said. NSW Council for Civil Liberties president Cameron
Murphy criticised the plan as an “extreme and drastic”
approach...
- Child
abuse bill gives DOCS new powers
ABC Online - Australia - 24 October 2006
... ANNIE GUEST: But the President of the New South Wales
Council for Civil Liberties, Cameron Murphy, describes the
proposed laws as excessive. ...
- Child
protection changes 'a dangerous move'
ABC Online - Australia - 24 October 2006
... able to look after their children. The council's president,
Cameron Murphy, says the move is excessive. "What we
need to do is ensure
- A-G
ready for retrials:
Australian Associated Press - 18 October 2006
The NSW Bar Association, NSW Council of Civil Liberties and
the NSW Law Society have all raised concerns about the abolition
of double jeopardy, saying innocent people could be jailed
as a result...
- Data
checks on drug cheats
NEWS.com.au - Australia - 17 October 2006
... "What we do is based on location. ... profiling doesn't
work, because it has at its heart prejudice," NSW Council
for Civil Liberties president Cameron Murphy said ...
- Parolee
tags could cause re-offence
NEWS.com.au - Australia - 16 October 2006
... they're finding they can't access employment and other
services, then they may be more likely to," Council for
Civil Liberties NSW president Cameron Murphy said ...
- Global
War On Minorities
Alarab online - London,UK, 3 October 2006
... New South Wales Council of Civil Liberties President Cameron
Murphy said that on the surface these incidents looked like
a campaign of harassment, and that the ...
- Civil
Rights Speaker at Bermi
Bega District News, NSW, Australia, 29 September 2006
NSW Council for Civil Liberties Vice President, Pauline Wright
speaks to the Bermagui Institute regarding a fair trial for
David Hicks…
- Scully
in trouble over stun gun stunt
The Age - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia, 28 September 2006
... Council for Civil Liberties (NSW) president Cameron Murphy
said the guns could lead to death for people who are susceptible
to heart problems. ...
- Mentally
ill left to languish in jail limbo
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia,
18 September 2006
Prompting a growing outcry from human rights and civil liberties
groups, the Government ... June, the Public Interest Advocacy
Centre and the NSW Council of Social ...
-
Uni bans books on jihad
Melbourne Herald Sun - Australia, 14 September 2006
... against "disbelievers". The decision to ban
the books is the subject of an appeal by the NSW Council of
Civil Liberties. But the ...
-
Sniffer Dogs Strike Again
Sydney Star Observer - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia, 14
September 2006
... On the NSW Council for Civil Liberties website (http://www.nswccl.org.au/issues/sniffer_dogs.php)
there is a section dedicated to sniffer dogs and your legal
...
-
Openness in hospital errors vital, say critics
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia,
12 September 2006
... their public release posed a serious danger to the accountability
of government, said Cameron Murphy, the president of the NSW
Council of Civil Liberties. ...
-
Double jeopardy overturning attacked
The Australian - Sydney,Australia, 6 September 2006
... justice,” Ms Jabour said. The NSW Council of Civil
Liberties said innocent people could end up in jail. “We
are concerned that ...
- Pedophile-outing
plan criticised
NEWS.com.au - Australia, 4 September 2006
... NSW Council of Civil Liberties president Cameron Murphy
believed that Lewthwaite could successfully appeal against
the decision because a newspaper had exposed ...
- Anti-terror
show welcomes 'Jihad' Jack
Arts Hub Australian (subscription) - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia,
1 September 2006
... The NSW Council of Civil Liberties has thrown its support
behind the production, hosting a special invitation-only performance
of the show. ...
-
ABC's jihad on common sense
Daily Telegraph - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia, 31 August
2006
... lawyer (and aspiring Labor candidate) George Williams,
Thomas' defence team of Lex Lasry QC and Rob Starry, NSW Council
for Civil Liberties president Cameron .
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