Law academics trying to divide us along racial lines
To be blunt, what is ‘Indigenous law’? Australia is a sovereign nation with one set of laws and a large majority rejected racial separatism at the voice referendum.
To be blunt, what is ‘Indigenous law’? Australia is a sovereign nation with one set of laws and a large majority rejected racial separatism at the voice referendum.
The University of Queensland has admitted that some comments senior law lecturer Dani Linder made in a lecture ‘were not appropriate, after it emerged she berated first year students for leaving class during the topic to Indigenous legal history.
Sydney’s Macquarie University has bowed to pressure and will no longer mark law students on their delivery of an acknowledgement of country.
Super fund directors are chosen because of their ties to the unions, the ALP or their industry group – not because of their cyber risk management knowledge, let alone their valuation, foreign exchange or liquidity risk skills.
Dyson Heydon was not accused of sexual assault, or pedophilia, or gruesome serial murders. Nonetheless, his grave punishment came in fast and furious as progressives sought not only his cancellation, but his obliteration.
A chance discovery at a Wenona School grandparents’ day has revealed that a popular children’s dictionary claims Israel’s status as a country is ‘disputed’
Including ‘Indigenous perspectives’ in a law school is, by definition, a political project. So why aren’t these perspectives open to robust debate by other perspectives?
A University of Queensland law lecturer berated first year law students, warning they should ‘watch out what you say and what you do’ if they wanted to do well in their law degree.
This abuse of power and exploitation of young university students is committed by the same group of academics who rail against abusive power structures in our society – and taxpayers are stumping up for the hypocrisy.
If Dutton wins the May election, he can and should defang these funds. They are now large public offer financial institutions – many of whose members are not union members.
Original URL: https://www.theaustralian.com.au/author/janet-albrechtsen