Academic freedom on trial as sacked professor asks High Court to decide

Academic freedom on trial as sacked professor asks High Court to decide

Professors and their colleagues enjoy a right to challenge norms and question orthodoxies. But to what extent?

  • byMichael Koziol

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Hong Kong security law presents free speech test for Australian universities

Hong Kong security law presents free speech test for Australian universities

The sweeping legislation reaches beyond China's territory and academics warn it could put Hongkongers at Australia's universities at risk.

  • byFergus Hunter
Australia's dirty secret and the trial too sensitive for an open court
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Secrecy

Australia's dirty secret and the trial too sensitive for an open court

Of all the attempts at secrecy by successive Australian governments,the prosecution of lawyer Bernard Collaery is chilling.

  • byJohn Hewson
The contest of ideas has become a pitched battle
Editorial
Opinion

The contest of ideas has become a pitched battle

Agreeing to disagree seems to be no longer acceptable in the zero sum game of opinion. But we need to get back to debating ideas rather than deleting them.

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Liberals laud controversial letter as'welcome pushback against cancel culture'

Liberals laud controversial letter as'welcome pushback against cancel culture'

Liberal MPs have welcomed a controversial open letter from 150 public intellectuals condemning attacks on free expression,saying"cancel culture"has ruined lives.

  • byJennifer Duke
In bed with Noam:The fight to say what you think makes strange bedfellows

In bed with Noam:The fight to say what you think makes strange bedfellows

Disagree all you like,but in a free,liberal society,everyone should be free to express an opinion.

  • byTom Switzer
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Prominent artists and writers warn of an ‘intolerant climate’

Prominent artists and writers warn of an ‘intolerant climate’

In an open letter,artists and intellectuals surface a debate that has been going on privately in newsrooms,universities and publishing houses.

  • byJennifer Schuessler andElizabeth A. Harris
Rather than risk rallies,let's show black lives matter with an eight-minute blackout

Rather than risk rallies,let's show black lives matter with an eight-minute blackout

As protesters prepare for another weekend on the streets,there is another way that can avoid the risk of spreading COVID-19:stay home and turn out the lights.

  • byRosalind Dixon andRichard Holden
'Mongrels':Kim's sister threatens S Korea,prompting ban on leaflets

'Mongrels':Kim's sister threatens S Korea,prompting ban on leaflets

In a statement,the increasingly assertive Kim Yo-Jong also called the defectors involved in the balloon launches across the border"human scum".

  • byKim Tong-hyung
Let's reclaim our freedom and decriminalise journalism

Let's reclaim our freedom and decriminalise journalism

A year after police raids on Australian media that shocked the nation,we still need to remove laws that have amounted to a war on journalism.

  • byMarcus Strom
Dreaming of freedom? Check out these escape movies

Dreaming of freedom? Check out these escape movies

Desperate to break free? Live vicariously through these escape movies.

  • byKerrie O'Brien