Brian Walters

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Brian Walters SC is a prominent Melbourne barrister, Senior Counsel, and civil libertarian. He is the spokesman for Free Speech Victoria and the President of the civil rights group, Liberty Victoria (also known as the Victorian Council for Civil Liberties), a group which in 2001 successfully applied to the Australian Federal court to order the Australian government to release Afghani refugees whom it had detained unlawfully after they were rescued by an Australian vessel in international waters.

[edit] Bibliography

• Slapping on the Writs: Defamation, Developers and Community Activism, Brian Walters. University of South Wales Press, 2003. ISBN 0-86840-463-2.

[edit] References

• Liberty Victoria
• Victorian Council for Civil Liberties Incorporated v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural Affairs & Ors V 899 of 2001. Statement of judgement (brief version)
• Perspective. Notes about a short radio talk given by Walters on Australian radio on the subject of "Slapping on the Writs".
• Foley's List: Queen's and Senior Counsel