Free speech crushed by race card
The torrent of hatred is excused if it conforms to fashionable left-wing views.
Freedom Of Speech
Restoring right to free speech
There is no right not to be offended. Yet dozens of provisions on the statute books make it unlawful or illegal to offend.
Noisy minority risks free speech
There is an alarming impression that a whole generation of university students has rejected free speech. That impression is wrong.
PM defends church free speech
Malcolm Turnbull has said churches and religious groups are free to voice opinions on political issues.
Culture war censors the stage
Artists outraged by the idea of a white actress playing an Asian, shouted ‘no yellowface’ during a performance of The King and I.
Mum of 13 takes fight to court
Pro-lifer Kathleen Clubb is taking her abortion protest stance to the High Court.
God’s work or just a pest?
Kathleen Clubb is a single mum with 13 children. Her anti-abortion protest may be the biggest test of free speech yet.
Doublethink of civil libertarians
Defending the free speech of those with whom you disagree is so last century.
Freedom of religion serves us all
A secularising nation needs to understand why this debate matters.
Don’t dare say what you think
Australia’s politically correct brigade is not interested in the truth — too often it hurts.
Judge Shriver on her words alone
Virtue-signallers hold themselves up to ridicule in their haste to condemn all those who do not share their narrow-minded ideas.
Spy law changes ‘don’t do enough’
Changes to proposed laws to limit foreign interference do not go far enough to protect journalists, broadcasters have said.
Kruger stirs free speech fear
A tribunal decision to give the green light to a racial vilification complaint over Nine’s Sonia Kruger is “troubling’’.
We’ll decide on what you meant
So now the state will take it upon itself to declare what Sonia Kruger thought.
Jail for inciting race-hate violence
The NSW government has implemented what it says are the toughest Australian laws against inciting racial and religious violence.
Rights laws must be precise
Too many umbrage-takers seek out star chambers.
Church faces test of freedoms
Israel Folau’s recent comments reflect traditional teachings. Will churches be free to preach what some find offensive?
Don’t self-censor to placate China
We can’t usurp our national interest to appease Beijing.
Pioneer uni defends Western study
The head of Australia’s first and only liberal arts college has thrown support behind the Ramsay Centre.
‘Bent on self-immolation’
Former Wallabies attack Israel Folau’s latest social media post, with George Gregan demanding he stop preaching and Clyde Rathbone calling him a “religious lunatic’’.
Folau can’t preach and play
Israel Folau appears to have a decision to make: continue to preach, or play rugby and keep his views to himself.
Folau stirs controversy again
Israel Folau has again used social media as a platform for his views, tweeting a controversial video that derides homosexuality.
This is still my game: Folau
Israel Folau insists the controversy in which he has been embroiled has not reduced his chances of remaining in rugby.
Do you even get rugby Raelene?
I don’t know what expertise Raelene Castle brings to Australian Rugby so, with the game in crisis, here are some questions for her.
Fairer sex, but not always best
The inclusion of female directors does not appear to have improved company ethics.
Deveny and the politics of hate
Indulged attention-seekers are unable to say what they are for, only what they are against.
What free speech is all about
Just like Israel Folau, the All Blacks and Black Ferns, who star in a new ad for sponsor AIG, are entitled to their say on discrimination | WATCH
All Blacks thumb noses at Folau
The All Blacks and the Black Ferns, the New Zealand women’s team, have made it clear they strongly disagree Israel Folau.
ABC chops ‘soft’ China website
The ABC is moving to shut down a website criticised for complying with Beijing’s censorship requirements.
Christians may dive into closet
A perfect storm is brewing over religious freedom and Christians may need to hide their love of God in the closet vacated by gays.
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