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The Deep State in Australia: Part 2
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The Deep State in Australia: Part 2

“O’Sullivan’s First Law” states that “any institution that is not explicitly right wing will become left wing over time”. The truth of this adage is repeatedly demonstrated in everything from state bureaucracies to NGOs to service clubs. One consequence of O’Sullivan’s First Law is that the

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Only Liars, Bullies and Cowards Are Afraid of Free Speech
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Only Liars, Bullies and Cowards Are Afraid of Free Speech

Here’s a story that should be familiar to BFD readers: a lone nutcase who isn’t a jihadist goes on a killing spree. Politicians and media immediately fall over themselves to express their moral goodness while cynically exploiting the tragedy for all they’re worth. Anyone whose views can

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WHY Andrew Little is the Right Wing’s Secret Weapon
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WHY Andrew Little is the Right Wing’s Secret Weapon

Andrew Little almost destroyed the Labour Party once and with a little luck he may well contribute to a drop in popularity again. His wonky crusade against freedom of speech will become part of the right wing’s rallying call as we charge over the barricades. Political commentator Chris Trotter

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The Racist Hypocrisy of the Left
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The Racist Hypocrisy of the Left

“Anti-racism” is the founding conceit of the modern left. The contemporary left was founded in the 1960s and its great bugaboo was not, as Bryan Burrough shows in his Days of Rage, the Vietnam War or any of the other guff ageing Boomers congratulate themselves on, it was the

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Make the Twenties Roar Again!
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Make the Twenties Roar Again!

Is it time to make the 20s roar again? No small part of the exuberance of that decade was in reaction to the misery of its predecessor. After more than half a decade of bloodshed and deadly plague, young people especially were ready to kick up their heels and revel

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Another Speaker De-platformed in Auckland
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Another Speaker De-platformed in Auckland

Jordan Williams Free Speech Coalition It seems the threats to free speech extend further than Phil Goff and Auckland Council.  Today we got the news that New Zealand is no safe space for international academics, with Sky City cancelling a contract to host Australian philosopher Peter Singer. The reason given

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A Candle of Free Speech Flickers in Darkening Britain
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A Candle of Free Speech Flickers in Darkening Britain

It’s tempting to think, given some recent judgements, that British justice is in as parlous a state as much of the rest of the nation’s civil institutions. This is, after all, a country where a court has ruled that Christian belief is “incompatible with human dignity”. Where pranksters

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