82p.; 21 cm.Covers a wide variety of legal matters and advises where to obtain assistance.civil rights -- australia.

Beatrice Faust was born Beatrice Eileen Fennessey in Glen Huntly, a suburb of Melbourne, on 19 February 1939. She was educated at Mac Robertson Girls' High. She attended Melbourne University in the 1950s, where she became acquainted with Germaine Greer and they extended their feminist inclinations. She earned her bachelor's degree in English and subsequently her master's degree. The first of her two marriages was to Clive Faust during her time at university. Having become known as a public figure with the Faust surname, when they later divorced she retained the name. She was one of the first women to argue for civil liberties, abortion law reform and well-informed sex education for all. In 1966 she co-founded the Victorian Union of Civil Liberties to advocate for civil rights and, in 1972, the Women's Electoral Lobby (WEL), to agitate for legislative reform along specifically feminist lines and to give Australian women a greater voice in politics. In the latter part of her career, Bea became a lecturer in English at RMIT in Melbourne, then from 1990-2003 she was at Monash University’s campus at Churchill, Gippsland, (now Federation University) where she was an educational designer in the Centre of Learning and Teaching Support. She retired at 67. In 2001 Faust was awarded the Centenary Medal. In the same year, she was inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women. In 2004 she was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia for such efforts and more. "Today we pay tribute to one of Victoria’s great feminist leaders, Dr Beatrice Faust AO, who sadly passed away yesterday. Beatrice tirelessly advocated for women’s rights and equality in government policy and for the right to abortion, amongst many other achievements. We recognise her contribution to making Victoria a more gender equal state." Statement from Gender Equity.women of note, beatrice faust, beatrice fennessey, melbourne, macrobertson girls' high, melbourne university, germaine greer, civil liberties, abortion law, informed sex education, victorian union of civil liberties, women's electoral lobby, centenary medal, order of australia, victorian honour roll of australia, gender equity, lecturer, rmit, royal melbourne intitute of technology, monash university, churchill, gippsland

Cain discusses issues free speech and political surveillance in WWI. The book includes the history of intelligence agencies that started in WWI, but also surveillance of communists and spying on the left in Australia during peace time.Significant to matters of national security, freedom of speech and movement and the use of intelligence agencies during and post WWI.Paper; book. Front cover: blue and green theme with white dots, dark male head with eye accentuated; white lettering.Front cover: author's name and title.cain, frank, wwi, world war i, btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, surveillance, intelligence agencies, free speech, civil liberties, communism, spying

An analysis of how the Howard government sought to silence independent and expert commentary, public servants or organisations that were critical of the government.Relevant to issues of citizenship and civil liberties around the time of the Howard/Coalition government (1996-2007).Paper; book. Front cover: grey and red background; red and white lettering.Front cover: title and authors' names.btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, ballarat trades hall, howard, john, prime minister, liberal party australia, civil liberties, government, free speech

The consequences of Blair's alliance with George Bush in the 2003 Iraq War. Significant examples being suicide bombings in London and the shooting of a Brazilian electrician by security forces.Relevant to the Iraq war and especially the alliance of Bush and other nations to achieve this.Paper; book. Front cover: yellow background; black, grey and red lettering.Front cover: title and author's name.btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, ballarat trades hall, iraq war, civil liberties, national security, iraq, war, bush, george w, blair, tony, weapons of mass destruction, politics

The film is an exposé alleging that the DSM is used to justify psychiatric fraudulence and quackery. The DSM is portrayed as a highly contentious manual used by psychiatrists for diagnostic purposes. ALLEGATIONS are made in relation to how the guide may be used to unnecessarily medicate and manipulate patients. Also available online at: http://www.cchr.org/videos/diagnostic-statistical-manual.htmlRelevant to civil liberties, patient rights and the profession of psychiatry.DVDbtlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, dsm, diagnostic & statistical manual, psychiatry, psychiatrists, psychiatric diagnoses and treatment, patients - rights, mental illness, pharmaceutical companies, civil liberties

A scathing appraisal of the Bush-Cheney administration from an insider. Includes international relations, approach to warfare, civil liberties.USA politics.Book; 253 pages. Cover: white background; colour photograph with George W. Bush in the foreground and Dick Cheney at the back; black, red and grey lettering; author's name and title. btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, bush, george w., cheney, dick, politics and government - usa, terrorism - 9/11, civil rights