Why We Shouldn’t Ban Controversial Speakers
Allowing controversial speakers into Australia provides an alternative to the mainstream media and this is good for a diversity of perspectives.
Free Speech
Hate Speech Bill Set To Be Scuttled
Free speech concerns have left the legislation in tatters.
Albanese ‘Hate Speech’ Bill Loses Support
A bad bill which will only protect Islamic hate.
Where Is the Consistency?
When the architect of the Christchurch Call appears to abandon those principles when applied to a different community, it raises fundamental questions about whether those principles were ever truly universal, or merely convenient.
We Are Honoring Graham Linehan
Linehan will be honored alongside Harvard Law professor and First Amendment warrior Alan Dershowitz and Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk.
Push for Censorship on Campus Hit Record Levels in 2025
A true commitment to academic freedom means defending expression even when it’s unpopular or offensive. That’s the price of intellectual integrity in a free society.
Setting up a Carnival of Politics
With just over a month to go, I feel like film director Mike Leigh trying to justify his improvisational technique. There’s a basic idea, a few actors, a location and the outline of a script. That’s it.
Trump Is Going To War Against Censorship
Authoritarians across the Atlantic are taking aim at Americans’ First Amendment right.
Trump Bars Global Censorship Agents
The State Department will not tolerate “extraterritorial overreach by foreign censors targeting American speech,” the document said.
Has Orwell’s 1984 Become Reality?
The more the process is ramped up, the louder critical voices become (and protests are likely to occur) and, correlatively, the more anxious the neo-fascists become, to close the net around citizens of the world.
Digital ID, Free Speech and Our Children
Today, we are wrapping our children up in digital cotton wool! What are the implications? I ask you.
Offence Can Only Be Taken, Not Given
When we forget that offence is taken, not given, we trade our emotional autonomy for a fragile comfort – and in doing so, we risk silencing not only those we disagree with, but ultimately, ourselves.
The Global Rise of Online Speech Policing
Governments are tightening control over what citizens can say online. The worldwide slide toward punishing speech has profound consequences for open societies.
A Discussion on the Irony of Relativism
Science embraces uncertainty. Scientists formulate theories to explain natural phenomena based on the available evidence. But they do not expect those theories to stand for all time.