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Journalist Shield Laws

In formulating our views on what such a law should look like we have had regard to the principle that the press is and must be independent from government and has a presumptive though not unconditional right to seek out the news. Freedom of speech is rooted in a distrust of the government’s capacity to regulate speech particularly political speech where it is in a position of a conflict of interest. This conflict is no starker when it is seeking to restrain the use of embarrassing information obtained by journalists

LettersQueensland Council for Civil Liberties21 September 2020Free Speech

Letter to Chief Health Officer concering compulsory flu vaccination in aged care

We acknowledge that all the rights in the Human Rights Act can be limited in accordance with section 13. However, it is the Council’s position that mandatory vaccination is only acceptable where there is an exemption for those who hold a personal, philosophical or religious objection to it.

LettersQueensland Council for Civil Liberties12 May 2020Vaccination, Bodily Autonomy

COVID-19 & Automatic Number Plate Recognition - More Mass Surveillance

The QCCL has written to the Commissioner of Police asking for comment in relation to reports that police are using ANPR (Automated Number Plate Recognition Technology) to charge people with breaching the Home Confinement Direction by travelling more than 50km from their home.

Media release, LettersQueensland Council for Civil Liberties11 May 2020police powers, Pandemic, Privacy, Surveillance, Law enforcement, Covid19

letter to the Lord Mayor concerning free speech in Brisbane City

The right to freedom of speech is a fundamental right which the City Council in fact has a duty to facilitate. It should do so by enacting laws which comply with its obligations under the Human Rights Act.

LettersQueensland Council for Civil Liberties12 February 2020Free speech, Human Rights Act

Secular Education System

From the point of view of the QCCL two principles are relevant to this issue. The first is freedom of religion. Parents are entitled to have their views about what religion, if any, their children are taught respected. The stories that we hear repeatedly, would indicate that that is not occurring in Queensland State Schools.

LettersQueensland Council for Civil Liberties25 September 2019Children, Freedom of religion

Proposals to finger print school children

In the end, whilst we acknowledge that there may be certain efficiency benefits to your proposal we do not consider that those efficiency benefits outweigh the risks that flow from the collection of this permanent piece of private data about a person.

LettersQueensland Council for Civil Liberties18 February 2010youth and the law, Privacy, Surveillance

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