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Left has abandoned free speech: Singer

Nick Bonyhady
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Acclaimed Australian ethicist and free speech champion Peter Singer has endorsed universities’ removal of pro-Palestinian protesters from campus encampments and occupied buildings.

Professor Singer said he was aghast at universities disciplining academics for expressing controversial ideas but distinguished that from the protests rocking campuses, including his academic home of Princeton.

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Nick Bonyhady is a technology writer for the Australian Financial Review, based in Sydney. He is a former technology editor, industrial relations and politics reporter at the Sydney Morning Herald and Age. Connect with Nick on Twitter. Email Nick at nick.bonyhady@afr.com

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