LIBERTY Victoria hosts and co-ordinates a number events during the year.
Liberty presents the annual Voltaire Award to a person or organisation which has made an outstanding contribution to free speech. The winner for 2010 was the Melbourne International Film Festival. Previous winners include GetUp - an independent, grass-roots community advocacy organisation; Julian Burnside AO QC and Kate Durham; Margaret Pomeranz; Richard Ackland; and Stephen Mayne. The Voltaire Award was originally organised by Free Speech Victoria, which subsequently merged with Liberty Victoria, and is presented at an annual dinner in July.
Liberty also presents the annual Allan Missen Oration in memory of the late Senator Allan Missen.
Liberty aims to hold a number of film night fundraisers per year, a good opportunity for Liberty members and supporters to get together, watch a good film and contribute to Liberty.
In addition Liberty hosts seminars and other events on topical matters concerning civil liberties and human rights. See list at bottom of page for past events.
Alan Missen Oration
Stay tuned for information on the upcoming Alan Missen oration, including the honoured speaker, date and venue. To be announced very shortly...
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Visit this page regularly for more upcoming events information, including an annoucement regarding dates for the 2010 Voltaire awards.
Past Events
- VOLTAIRE AWARD DINNER 2010. Presented to the Melbourne International Film Festival by Julian Burnside AO QC. MC Julian Morrow from 'The Chasers War on Everything'. Saturday 17th July 2010.
- PUBLIC LECTURE. Julian Assange, founder of Wikileaks. In conjunction with Castan Centre for Human Rights Law, Thursday 13 May 2010
- FILM NIGHT: Welcome, 24th March 2010
- GEORGE BIZOS SC LECTURE, Sofitel Melbourne, 5 March 2010: 'Human Rights in South Africa'
- ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING: Capitol Theatre, 23 November 2009
- 2009 ALAN MISSEN ORATION: Capitol Theatre, oration by Tim Costello AO and premier performance of Ross Edwards' Exile, 23 November 2009
- FILM NIGHT: Eden is West, 19 August 2009
- VOLTAIRE AWARD AND ANNUAL DINNER: Windsor Hotel, hosted by Julia Zemiro, 18 July 2009
- FILM NIGHT: Boy in the Stripped Pyjamas, 15 April 2009
- ALLAN MISSEN ORATION: Waleed Aly, Melbourne Town Hall, 12 September 2008
- FILM NIGHT: Waltz with Bashir, 2 September 2008
- SEMINARS: The Wolfgang Sievers Human Rights Forum Series at fortyfivedownstairs, July - September 2008
