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“The QCCL calls on the government to provide assurances to the people of Queensland, that data collected from the Check in QLD app will be used solely for the stated purpose of contact tracing. QCCL also seeks assurances that information collected from the Check-in app will not be used for law enforcement purposes or any other additional purpose” said Mr. Cope
Read MoreToday’s Courier Mail report that a prisoner hung himself from the same hanging point inside the same cell at Wolston Prison in Brisbane just weeks after he was rescued from an earlier suicide attempt has reignited calls for the State Government to set up an Independent Inspectorate of Prisons as a matter of urgency.
Read MoreThe tit for tat unsubstantiated rape allegations against a Morrison Government Minister and a Federal Labor Politician must end and respect for the presumption of innocence must be urgently restored.
Read MoreThe possibility that Australians may be required to show proof of having received a COVID-19 vaccination in order to access basic services raises some serious civil liberties concerns.
Read MoreWe would point out that the people in question have committed no crime. They are not being detained as punishment. They are being held for everybody else’s protection. The community should be prepared to pay so these people can live in reasonable conditions
Read MoreToday’s Courier Mail report (15/2/21) dealing with serious overcrowding in Queensland jails resulting in fatigued prison officers having to work 18 hour shifts and sleeping in their cars to keep up with the soaring inmate population has caused the QCCL to call on the Corrective Services Minister (Mark Ryan) as to why an Independent Inspectorate of Prisons has not been established in Queensland.
Read MoreThe QCCL condemns the latest bid in the law and order auction that is going on in this election, namely the announcement by the opposition that it will introduce a curfew for young people in Townsville.
Read MoreIn broad terms, the use of surveillance devices without the consent of the person the subject of the surveillance will be prohibited.
Read MoreThe coronavirus crisis has raised many complex and difficult issues for civil libertarians, none more so than in the case of the right to protest, particularly in the context of such an important issue as the massive over incarceration of Australia’s First Nations people
Read MoreThe 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.
Read MoreThe NSW, Queensland and South Australian Councils for Civil Liberties support the introduction of effective digital contact tracing if it has robust privacy and transparency legislation underpinning it. There are however outstanding issues the Government should address before this Bill is passed.
Read MoreThe Federal Government’s draft Bill in relation to the COVIDSAFE app contains a number of welcome features including the very strong prohibitions on people requiring another person to download the app and the involvement of the Privacy Commissioner in reviewing the system. But it does not go far enough.
Read MoreThe federal government’s announcements in relation to the Covidsafe App contain a number of good features. However, fundamental issues of concern remain.
Read MoreThe QCCL today expressed its concern about the apparent decision by the government to ask Australians to use the Singaporean “Trace Together“ COVID-19 tracking app, which will not adequately protect the privacy of Australians.
Read MoreQCCL calls upon the Police Commissioner to at least twice weekly release details of the conduct that is resulting in people being charged or given a ticket for breaching the home confinement direction.
Read MoreThe QCCL condemns the decision of the Queensland government yesterday to ram through its health crisis legislation and give itself the power to close down the Parliament.
Read MoreCivil Liberties Council Vice-President Terry O’Gorman said the Police Minister has apparently decided to join in the Queensland Opposition’s ‘attack the Judges’ strategy as opening shots are fired in the Queensland State Election due in October this year.
Read MoreThe Council calls upon the government to withdraw its proposed campaign finance electoral law reforms and to revisit the rules relating to third parties, to ensure that they do not impose an unfair burden on many organisations that will deter them from expressing their views on important topics.
Read MoreThe Council welcomes yesterday’s decision by the Chief Magistrate to reject the Brisbane City Council‘s application to prohibit the protest march in the city this morning.
Read MoreThe Premier today released a statement in which she said there was evidence that protesters were arming themselves with booby traps, which could harm those who remove the protestors from a place of protest.
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