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What Do Matt Mccarten and David Seymour Have in Common?

What Do Matt Mccarten and David Seymour Have in Common?

Jordan Williams General Secretary Free Speech Union Our movement is becoming more diverse. Recently, National Party leader Judith Collins joined the Free Speech Union – the first National Party leader we’re aware of to join a trade union while in office. ACT’s David Seymour is on board too. And

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Why the Threat to Free Speech Suddenly Looks Much Bigger

Adam Johnston fee.org Adam Johnston is a libertarian-conservative writer and contributor to freethepeople.org (@FreeThePeople) What do Donald Trump winning the presidency in 2016, the Capitol Protests on January 6, and Joe Biden missing his July 4th Covid-19 vaccination target all have in common? According to many

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‘Hate Speech’ – What You Need to Know…

‘Hate Speech’ – What You Need to Know…

Bob McCoskrie National Director Family First With the government releasing for public consultation its plan for laws governing ‘hate speech’, it is vital that families and faith communities understand what is really at stake with these proposals. That’s why you need to read our FACT SHEET – hot off the

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Face of the Day

Face of the Day

Why has Kris Faafoi gone to ground? He was given an open invitation to discuss the proposed hate speech changes by Radio New Zealand but apparently doesn’t have 10 free minutes to talk with them. If he is proposing taking away New Zealander’s freedom of speech, he should

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Antisemitism and the Hate Speech Debate

Antisemitism and the Hate Speech Debate

The awkward conversation in the hate speech debate is the one about antisemitism. Similar to Brenton Tarrant’s activity on the dark web, antisemitism is usually invisible until it erupts into irrefutable antisemitic violence. “New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced Sunday that New York state authorities will be investigating the

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China’s Move to Curfew Young Gamers

China’s Move to Curfew Young Gamers

In Orwell’s 1984, the telescreen is a device which not only blasts non-stop propaganda, it allows the Party to monitor its members, all day, every day. For instance, when Winston Smith fails to join in the prescribed exercises properly, the instructor’s voice blares from the screen: “6079

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Universities: A Closed Shop for Closed Minds

Universities: A Closed Shop for Closed Minds

More than any other prime minister, Robert Menzies was responsible for putting Australia on the higher education map. Under Menzies, Australia’s universities tripled, and enrolments skyrocketed. True to Menzies’ word that “a university education is not, and certainly should not be, the perquisite of a privileged few,” and “finance

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The Really Dangerous Ideas We’re Not Allowed to Talk About

The luvvy left set just love to congratulate themselves for their “dangerous ideas”. They even have a “festival” for it: you know, those tiresome wine-and-cheese beanos where bien pensant lefties trouser five-figure “appearance fees” just to tell a marquee full of bien pensant lefties exactly what they

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Without Free Speech, You Have No Other Rights

Without Free Speech, You Have No Other Rights

Jacinda Ardern might want to bring the wedding day forward, stat. New Zealand’s fairy princess is in dire threat of her media white horses turning into rats. After years of fawning adulation, even the bought-and-paid-for New Zealand media are starting to whisper that Cinderella’s ball

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