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John Bennett
Australian Civil Liberties Union
The ACLU President, John Bennett, worked for the Victorian Legal Aid
Commission and its predecessors for 1974 to 1996 and was the secretary of
the Victorian Council for Civil Liberties (now Liberty Victoria) since it
was founded in 1966 until 1980 when he became President of the ACLU.
Revisionism and Censorship down under
The Australian Civil Liberties Union, which was founded in 1980 and has
about 250 members, investigates and takes up matters involving arbitrary
government, police conduct, freedom of speech, invasions of privacy and
freedom of association; gives general advice on citizens' rights; campaigns
for law reform;and gives assistance in court proceedings.
The ACLU publishes Your Rights, the most commonly used layman's guide to the
law in Australia. More than 500,000 copies of this pamphlet have been sold
or given away since it was first published.
A review in the Law Institute Journal said that "Your Rights 1999 is an
extraordinary publication- a must read for just about everyone."
Recent activities of the ACLU include providing assistance this year for a
landmark appeal to the full Federal Court, Fredrick Töben v Jeremy Jones , in a case involving censorship of
the Internet, taking up various cases of alleged police
misconduct,commenting on some aspects of the Hollingworth case, and making
representations on issues such as anti terrorist legislation.
The ACLU can be contacted on (03) 93478671, or (03)95341314.
The 2003 edition of Your Rights is on the ACLU website www.go to/aclu.
To join the ACLU forward a cheque for $20-00 to
ACLU
PO Box 1137
Carlton 3053
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