Michael Stanton

Michael Stanton is Senior Counsel for the State of Victoria and the Immediate Past President of Liberty Victoria (the Victorian Council for Civil Liberties). Barrister at Brian Bourke Chambers. He has written widely on human rights and civil liberties, and given evidence to both State and Federal Parliamentary Inquiries on a range of law reform issues including the re-emergence of far-right extremism.

Recent articles by Michael Stanton

If the Coalition under Dutton isn’t liberal or conservative, what is it?

If the Coalition under Dutton isn’t liberal or conservative, what is it?

Ill winds are blowing in from the United States of America. In the times ahead we will be tested in Australia, across the spectrum, as to whether we adopt a similar approach to our politics.

Symbolic politics and 'terrorist' symbols

Symbolic politics and 'terrorist' symbols

Until recent events, many Australians would not have realised that it could be a criminal offence to display the symbol of a terrorist organisation in public.

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