The Australian Council for Civil Liberties is a Civil Liberties

Civil liberties

Civil liberties are rights and freedoms that provide an individual specific rights such as the freedom from slavery and forced labour, freedom from torture and death, the right to liberty and security, right to a fair trial, the right to defend one's self, the right to own and bear arms, the right...

 group based in Australia. The president of this organisation is currently Terry O'Gorman

Terry O'Gorman

Terry O'Gorman is the president of the Australian Council for Civil Liberties. He is also a lawyer.-Early years:He was one of 15 children raised in a Catholic family. The upringing could be described as right wing. When he was a university student during the Bjelke Petersen rule, he became aware of...

  who is also the vice president of the Queensland Council for Civil Liberties

Queensland Council for Civil Liberties

The Queensland Council for Civil Liberties is a Civil Liberties group based in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.-History:The organisation was founded in 1966 to protect and promote the human rights and freedoms of Queenslanders...

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The organisation supports changes to the law to prevent the media revealing in which communities pedophiles who have completed their sentences are living. O'Gorman supports the primacy of laws justified on public safety grounds over the religious rights of Sikhs to carry the kirpan

Kirpan

The kirpan is a ceremonial sword or dagger carried by orthodox Sikhs. It is a religious commandment given by Guru Gobind Singh at the Baisakhi Amrit Sanchar in CE 1699, all baptised Sikhs must wear a kirpan at all times....

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