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The Queensland Council for Civil Liberties (QCCL) is a voluntary organisation in Australia concerned with the protection of individual rights and civil liberties.It was founded in 1966 in order "to protect and promote the human rights and freedoms of Queensland citizens."
Terry O'Gorman is a lawyer in Queensland, Australia and leading civil libertarian. In 1979, O'Gorman was elected President of the Queensland Council for Civil Liberties ('QCCL') and served as president until 1985. He again held presidency from 1990 to 1994. He is currently the Vice President of the QCCL.
Before entering politics, Foley was a barrister and social worker, and sub-dean of the Social Work Faculty at Queensland University 1981–1983. Foley was chairperson of the Social Security Appeals Tribunal (1983–1986), president of the Queensland Council for Civil Liberties (1985–1987), a member of the Criminal Law Sub-Committee of the Bar Association of Queensland and of the National ...
The new legislation was criticised by the Queensland Council for Civil Liberties (QCCL) (44 days after its initial introduction into parliament), whom stated: "This legislation authorizes mass, suspicion less, warrantless magnetometer searches." Adding: "The traditional requirement that before a search can proceed there must be a reasonable ...
It was prompted by the Queensland Council for Civil Liberties, along with the Queensland Law Society, who demanded an inquiry into police corruption. [1] Justice Lucas took evidence from Jack Herbert and listened to tapes made by Senior Constable Frank Davey, a friend of the corrupt Bagman, Herbert, but didn’t interview the honest cops who ...
This was particularly significant during the political era in which he guided the University library, under the then Premier of Queensland, Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen. [6] Fielding chaired the Library Association of Australia's Freedom to Read Committee from 1969-1974. He was President of the Queensland Council for Civil Liberties from 1975-1979. [7]
She continued to serve at board appointments and speaker engagements. In 2017, Ms Fingleton was special guest speaker at the 50th anniversary event for human rights and legal advocacy organisation, Queensland Council for Civil Liberties (QCCL) in Brisbane.
Human rights in Australia have largely been developed by the democratically elected Australian Parliament through laws in specific contexts (rather than a stand-alone, abstract bill of rights) and safeguarded by such institutions as the independent judiciary and the High Court, which implement common law, the Australian Constitution, and various other laws of Australia and its states and ...