Freedom Of Speech

MAIDEN SPEECHPolitics

Mark Latham speech in NSW parliament backed Israel Folau (inset, top) and thanked Alan Jones (inset bottom)

‘How did it come to this?’

Latham unleashes: backing Israel Folau, thanking Alan Jones and blasting “cultural Marxism”.

Andrew Clennell

Rugby fightNation

Alan Jones at the Funeral of Billy J Smith at the Holy Spirit church in New Farm. The Funeral of Billy J Smith at the Holy Spirit church in New Farm. Friday March 8, 2019. (AAP image, John Gass)

Jones canes Folau ruling

Alan Jones delivers a scathing assessment of Rugby Australia as Israel Folau breaks his silence.

Sascha O’Sullivan

MediaPolitics

01/03/18 Columnist Andrew Bolt at home with his dogs Ralf (black) and Kees (grey). Aaron Francis/The Australian

‘Di Natale wants me banned’

Columnist Andrew Bolt has accused Richard Di Natale of wanting to have him banned.

Elias Visontay

exclusiveRugby Union

Israel Folau and Raelene Castle face off in a hearing tomorrow.

Castle’s plea to Wallabies

Raelene Castle writes to players reassuring them she supports their right to personal beliefs.

Wayne Smith

exclusiveRugby Union

02/05/2019: Former Australian Rugby Union player Willie Ofahengaue at home in Melbourne. Stuart McEvoy/The Australian.

Willie O backs Folau

Former Wallabies great Willie Ofahengaue says Israel Folau has every right to freedom of religion.

Michael McKenna and WAYNE SMITH

CommentaryRugby Union

Defining issue of our time

The virtue-signalling administrators of Australian Rugby must be silenced for good, not Israel Folau.

Alan Jones

ExclusivePolitics

Shadow Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus during a press conference in Melbourne, Wednesday, May 1, 2019. Labor has called for the Liberal Party to sack Jeremy Hearn as the candidate for Isaacs after he was caught making anti-Muslim comments. (AAP Image/Alex Murray) NO ARCHIVING

Labor to boost rights body

A Shorten Labor government would ‘beef up’ enforcement of section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act.

NICOLA BERKOVIC and Chris Merritt

RugbyRugby Union

Taniela Tupou of the Reds is tackled during the Round 4 Super Rugby match between the NSW Waratahs and the Queensland Reds at the SCG in Sydney, Saturday, March 9, 2019. (AAP Image/Craig Golding) NO ARCHIVING, EDITORIAL USE ONLY

‘Might as well sack me’

Taniela Tupou says all Pacific Island players may have to be sacked for stating their Christian beliefs.

Wayne Smith

RugbyRugby Union

(FILES) In this file photo taken on August 19, 2017, Australia's fullback Israel Folau (C) is tackled by New Zealand's hooker Codie Taylor during their Rugby Championship test match in Sydney. - Rugby Australia said April 11, 2019 that it intends to terminate superstar Israel Folau's contract over his latest anti-gay rant, throwing the Wallabies' World Cup plans into disarray. (Photo by WILLIAM WEST / AFP) / IMAGE RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - STRICTLY NO COMMERCIAL USE

Folau’s fight to play again

A rugby star apologises for an Easter “I love Jesus’’ message ahead of the hearing into Israel Folau.

Wayne Smith

commentaryRugby Union

Alan Jones says Rugby Australia should not punish Israel Folau

Folau fans’ message clear

It is clear Rugby Australia either can’t read or do not care about their constituency, or both.

Alan Jones

CommentaryCommentary

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Beware Diversity Inc

The Israel Folau case shows how determined progressive leftists are to cleanse any institutions under their control of the wrong kind of diversity.

Stephen Chavura

CommentaryPolitics

Codes of conduct are code for employers sacking staff.

Breaking the conduct code

Work protocols are an employer’s power trip, hiding hypocrisy and thwarting free speech.

Janet Albrechtsen

Religious viewsAFL

Gary Ablett of the Cats (centre) celebrates a goal with Joel Selwood (left) and Patrick Dangerfield during the Round 5 AFL match between the Hawthorn Hawks and the Geelong Cats at the MCG in Melbourne, Monday, April 22, 2019. (AAP Image/Daniel Pockett) NO ARCHIVING, EDITORIAL USE ONLY

‘Ablett booed over Folau’

AFL star Gary Ablett Jr was booed because of his support for Israel Folau on social media, according to Jeff Kennett.

Remy Varga and Courtney Walsh

Freedom of speechHigher Education

22/04/2019 Thom Carlyle-James, 21 at Melbourne University. He says that campus life is hostile to students with right wing politics, an atmosphere stoked by the regular presence of GetUp and socialist alternative, and tutors and lecturers who represent capitalist and liberal thinkers such as John Stuart Mill as "old racists".picture : David Geraghty / The Australian.

Why this man has been silenced

A university workshop suggested “white males’’ and “Liberal voters’’ be quiet during classes.

Remy Varga

Rugby UnionRugby Union

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - JUNE 23: Israel Folau of the Wallabies looks on during the Third International Test match between the Australian Wallabies and Ireland at Allianz Stadium on June 23, 2018 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Matt King/Getty Images)

Folau panel named

The three-person panel that will decide Israel Folau’s rugby future has been confirmed.

AAP

COMMENTARYCommentary

PERTH, AUSTRALIA - SEPTEMBER 09: Israel Folau of the Wallabies runs onto the field during The Rugby Championship match between the Australian Wallabies and the South Africa Springboks at nib Stadium on September 9, 2017 in Perth, Australia. (Photo by Cameron Spencer/Getty Images)

Much Ado About Nothing

Israel Folau’s determination to be himself is preferable to insincere declarations of virtue.

The Mocker

Academic freedomInquirer

Former JCU climate scientist Peter Ridd preparing with his legal team barrister Benjamin Kidston, QC Stuart Wood, lawyer Mitchell Downes, barrister Benjamin Jellis, on last day of a Federal Court hearing, John Jarrard Chambers, Brisbane. Mr Ridd claims he was unfairly dismissed from his job with the university for publicly voicing his opinions on climate change and coral bleaching which contradicted his colleaguesÕ research. Photographer: Liam Kidston. NO BYLINE.

Free to defy orthodoxy

Peter Ridd’s win against James Cook University has touched a raw nerve about the health of academic freedom of speech.

Graham Lloyd

exclusiveRugby Union

Folau ‘persecuted by nation’

Tennis legend Margaret Court has reached out to controversial rugby star Israel Folau.

Paige Taylor

rugbyRugby Union

Liberal MP Tim Wilson has defended Israel Folau. Picture: Kym Smith/

Folau didn’t cross the line: Wilson

Gay Liberal MP Tim Wilson says Rugby Australia should be “very cautious” on the Folau saga.

Greg Brown

Rugby Union

AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND - APRIL 06: Israel Folau of the Waratahs looks on during the round 8 Super Rugby match between the Blues and Waratahs at Eden Park on April 06, 2019 in Auckland, New Zealand. (Photo by Anthony Au-Yeung/Getty Images)

Folau to fight breach

Israel Folau will fight for his rugby career, set to challenge his breach at a code of conduct hearing.

Wayne Smith and JESSICA CORTIS

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