Freedom of speech
Booted from party, Greens co-founder vows to fight on
The Greens co-founder booted from the party on the weekend has hit back, accusing the organisation of becoming “too weird and unlikeable” for electoral success and urging the federal leader to intervene.
- Cameron Atfield
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- Analysis
- Social media
‘MechaHitler’: Why Elon Musk’s chatbot is at the centre of an Australian legal dispute
Elon Musk’s X and Australia’s online safety watchdog are back in court. Here’s what to know.
- David Swan
- Analysis
- China relations
China and Xi give Albanese a warm welcome, but another side is never far away
The meeting between the two leaders was jovial as both smiled for the cameras. But several photographers were kept away, and other journalists had had a security incident earlier in the day.
- Paul Sakkal
What is the controversial definition of antisemitism that institutions are being told to adopt?
Australia’s first antisemitism envoy has called for the definition from the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance to be embedded in public life.
- Nick Newling
- Opinion
- Israeli-Palestinian conflict
At Glastonbury, left-wing politics are shocking again
Artists like Kneecap and Bob Vylan are rediscovering the cultural power of shock, largely because of horror unfolding in the Gaza Strip and the minefield of taboos around discussing them.
- Michelle Goldberg
Outrage over rap group’s ‘deeply offensive’ IDF chant at Glastonbury
The BBC has been issued a “please explain” for livestreaming the chant uncensored, while police said they would examine video footage amid calls for the performers to be arrested.
- Patrick Sawer, Janet Eastham and Ethan Croft
- Opinion
- Opinion
J.D. Vance chastised Europeans on free speech. He wasn’t wrong
Germany has taken the homeopathic approach to free speech, hoping that a minuscule amount, heavily diluted, will cure what ails the nation.
- Parnell Palme McGuinness
The activist, Elon Musk and Trump’s free speech gripe with Australia
Lawyers spent days going back and forth about a post on X earlier this year. Now the case has caught the attention of the Trump administration.
- Michael Koziol
- Updated
- Education
‘No takeover’: Harvard refuses to surrender independence after Trump threat
Trump’s demands include ending diversity, equity and inclusion programs, changing admissions and hiring, and curbing the “power” of certain students, faculty members.
- Janet Lorin and Brooke Sutherland
- Opinion
- Press freedom
They made a movie about my prison nightmare. I watched it through my fingers
As Richard Roxburgh stars as me in a feature film, I confront a disturbing reality: more journalists are behind bars today than when I was incarcerated in Egypt more than a decade ago.
- Peter Greste
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