2012 Annual Dinner
Over 350 people gathered in the CBD Sky Phoenix Restaurant on Friday 19 October 2012 to support the NSWCCL Annual Dinner.Professor George Williams AO tonight launched a national campaign led by the NSW...
View ArticleAGM 2013
The NSW Council for Civil Liberties held its AGM on Wednesday 23 October 2013, and a number of significant decisions were made: A new executive and committee were elected, following a very strong field...
View Article2013 NSWCCL Annual Dinner (50th Anniversary)
The NSWCCL dinner in the Sky Phoenix Restaurant in the Pitt St Westfield Plaza was a grand celebration of our 50th anniversary. There was a splendid turnout of old and new members and friends of NSWCCL...
View Article2014 NSWCCL Annual Dinner
This year’s NSWCCL fundraising dinner was a ripper. It was a success on all fronts. There was a splendid turnout of over 250 friends and supporters. The lively crowd appeared to be having a very...
View ArticleAGM 2014 - Renewal and optimism
The 51st NSWCCL Annual General Meeting was held on the 15th October 2014 in the Council Chambers at Sydney Town Hall. Around thirty CCL members -including a strong cohort of firstimers -gathered to...
View ArticleCCLs take CITIZENFOUR to Parliament House
On the evening of Monday 9 February NSWCCL - supported by the Victorian, Queensland and South Australian CCLs and Electronic Frontiers Australia - invited our federal members of parliament to a...
View ArticleCITIZENFOUR screening: Avoca Beach Picture Theatre
Click here to read the speech by CCL Vice President Pauline Wright on the night.Following on from NSWCCL's successful screening of CITIZENFOUR at Parliament House in February, we're pleased to partner...
View ArticleDefend University of Sydney civil liberties - staff and student meeting
This event was held on Wednesday 29 April.Read President Stephen Blanks' address to the meeting, and also the related media. NSWCCL President Stephen Blanks will be speaking at this meeting at the...
View ArticleNSWCCL Annual Fundraising Dinner 2015
NSWCCL invites you toThe NSWCCL Annual Fundraising Dinner 2015Date: Friday 31 July, 6:30pm for 7pm sit downVenue: Sky Phoenix Restaurant, Westfield Plaza, SydneyTicket prices: $110 for members, $120...
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John Marsden Memorial Lecture 2016
Jim Marsden welcomes the audience and gave powerful personal insight into his brother John's lifeOn 1 December 2016 the NSWCCL and the Marsden family hosted the 2016 John Marsden Memorial Lecture. John...
View ArticleUTS Law Students' Society Speaker Series: Protecting Our Rights
Date: Tuesday, 22 August 2017Venue: UTS Building 5C, Level 1, Room 005. (Building 5C can be found further down Quay St, past the UTS Library) NSW CCL President, Stephen Blanks contributed as a panelist...
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Panel Discussion: Bending the Rule of Law
NSWCCL President, Stephen Blanks, discussed 'Bending the Rule of Law' at the first session of the Thought Leadership Program 2017 hosted and run by The Law Society of New South Wales.Stephen was...
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Annual General Meeting 2017
We held our AGM on Wednesday October 25.It was a well attended event - an opportunity for those interested in civil liberties to meet, discuss current issues and socialise afterwards. We elected our...
View ArticleNSWCCL Annual Dinner 2017 - a message for Peter Dutton?
NSWCCL held its annual dinner last Friday night to celebrate 54 years of civil liberties advocacy and to raise funds for its ongoing work. Around 260 members and supporters were present to celebrate...
View Article2015 Annual Fundraising Dinner
The 2015 NSWCCL dinner last Friday was the largest such gathering in living memory – and certainly one of largest in our 52 years of dinnersThe huge attendance (and the numbers turned away) reflects...
View Article2016 Annual Fundraising Dinner
The 2016 NSW CCL Annual Dinner on 26 August was a huge success! We had an excellent number of supporters attending.Uncle Chicka Madden gave a fascinating Welcome to Country, speaking about his times...
View Article2018 NSWCCL Annual Dinner
On the occasion of the five year anniversary of Human Rights Watch in Australia, Elaine Pearson, Director, Human Rights Watch Australia, delivered the Keynote address at NSWCCL's 2018 Annual...
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Inaugural Awards for Civil Liberties Journalism 2019
(Photo L to R, Kate Allman, Richard Ackland, Paul Farrell and 2019 NSWCCL President Pauline Wright)The 2019 NSWCCL Annual Dinner (held on September 10th) was marked by the presentation of the Council’s...
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Review: 2019 NSWCCL Annual Dinner
Thank you to those who joined us and supported this year's NSWCCL Annual Dinner. The room was filled with hundreds of guests; civil libertarians, rights defenders and guardians of democracy.We were...
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Review: 2019 Annual General Meeting
The 56th Annual General Meeting of the New South Wales Council for Civil Liberties (NSWCCL) was held at the Sydney Town Hall Council Chamber, George Street Sydney on Wednesday 23rd October.
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