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Liberty Victoria

Liberty Victoria is one of Australia’s leading civil liberties organisations. For a number of decades, LV has worked to defend and extend human rights and freedoms in Victoria. Liberty believes in a society based on the democratic participation of all its members and the principles of justice, openness, the right to dissent and respect for diversity. The organisation aims to secure the equal rights of everyone, as long as they don’t infringe the rights and freedoms of others, and we oppose any abuse or excessive power by the state against its people. We aim to influence public debate and government policy on a range of human rights issues. Each year LV presents the Voltaire award to a person or group seen to have done outstanding work for free and courageous speech. The award honours the person or group considered to have done the most for the right of free and courageous speech in the previous 12 months. It recognises people or groups who in their work, interests or passions make an extraordinary contribution to these rights, whether it be through speaking out, writing, campaigning, whistle-blowing or defying authoritarianism. Those honoured have often gone beyond the call of duty or office by refusing to be cowed or silenced.