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Freedom of speech is one of the most important principles of a free society, and this freedom must be passed on to the next generation. Here you will find the IPA's work on freedom of speech, media regulation and 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act

Freedom of Speech

At Cross Purposes

Morgan Begg Started 5 August 2019 Faith and society, Freedom of speech,

This article from the August 2019 IPA Review is by IPA Research Fellow, Morgan Begg Despite the prevalence of religious liberty in Western political culture, its origins are a matter of continuing...

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Keep The ACCC Out Of Social Media

John Roskam 2 August 2019 Freedom of speech, Ipa today,

Nearly exactly the same things said about social media today could have been said in the middle of the 15th century about the development of movable type and the printing press. People will use...

Originally appeared in Australian Financial Review

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Campus Freedom Of Speech Gagged By Chinese Money

Matthew Lesh 2 August 2019 Education and skills, Freedom of speech,

Australian universities have been slow to act against worrying violence and intimidation by pro-Chinese Communist Party students on campus. Unwilling to upset their CCP-dependent business...

Originally appeared in The Australian

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Folau Has Set A Minefield For Bosses

John Roskam 5 July 2019 Freedom of speech, Ipa today,

Israel Folau versus Rugby Australia is the court case everyone, except our politicians, wants to talk about. The suggestion that it’s merely a contractual dispute that has nothing to do with...

Originally appeared in The Australian Financial Review

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Costly Clamps On Free Speech

Matthew Lesh 3 July 2019 Education and skills, Freedom of speech,

Australian university leaders and their supporters have asserted repeatedly that there is no problem with free speech on campuses. The evidence hardly supports this. If there were no problem...

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Legislating Free Speech

Morgan Begg 28 June 2019 Freedom of speech, Ipa today,

What is happening to Israel Folau should not happen in a free society. GoFundMe’s hypocritical decision to shut down a fundraiser for rugby star and devout Christian Israel Folau is another win...

Originally appeared in The Spectator Australia

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The Public’s Fury At Being Told What To Do And Think Has Exploded With The Folau Fiasco

Gideon Rozner 27 June 2019 Faith and society, Freedom of speech,

Trust the perennially sanctimonious Kerryn Phelps to capture in a couple of sentences why the Israel Folau saga has resonated with so many. The one-time MP took to Twitter on Tuesday to share her...

Originally appeared in The Spectator Australia

Media Releases

Dr Peter Ridd Condemns Free Speech Crisis At Universities

Evan Mulholland 21 June 2019 Climate change, Freedom of speech,

Marine Geophysicist, Dr Peter Ridd, has said his experience with James Cook University, and the slow take up by universities to the free speech model code proposed by former High Court chief...

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Inquiry Into Press Freedom Must Include Freedom Of Speech For All Australians

Gideon Rozner 12 June 2019 Freedom of speech, Ipa today,

“An inquiry into press freedom must include laws which infringe on the freedom of speech of all Australians, such as Section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act,” said Gideon Rozner, Director of...

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Police Raids On ABC And Others Are Disgraceful

Matthew Lesh 7 June 2019 Freedom of speech, Ideas and liberty,

The Australian Federal Police’s raid of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation overnight is a national embarrassment. Yesterday morning, AFP officers arrived at the national broadcaster’s Sydney...

Originally appeared in Spiked

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Labor’s New Threat To Freedom Of Speech

Gideon Rozner 3 May 2019 Freedom of speech, Ipa today,

Free Market think tank the Institute of Public Affairs has criticised a proposal from Mark Dreyfus, the Federal Labor shadow attorney-general, that if elected a Labor government would ‘beef up’...

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Union’s War On The West

Bella d'Abrera 2 May 2019 Education and skills, Freedom of speech,

How threatening to some academics is the idea of a program in Western civilisation being taught on their campuses? Enough that it’s worth going to court over. That’s right: the National Tertiary...

Originally appeared in Daily Telegraph

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Shut Up, You White Males

Renee Gorman 30 April 2019 Education and skills, Freedom of speech,

Earlier this week news broke of a controversial workshop entitled “How privilege manifests in tutorials” run at the University of Melbourne by the Student Union’s Environment Collective. Those...

Originally appeared in Daily Telegraph

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Drawing The Line

Morgan Begg Started 29 April 2019 Freedom of speech, Ideas and liberty,

Fed up fans sick of SJWs wrecking their beloved comic books have turned into superheroes valiantly fighting to save a much-loved pop culture institution, argues IPA Research Fellow Morgan Begg...

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Galileo Wins Court Case

Matthew Lesh 26 April 2019 Climate change, Freedom of speech,

‘Vindicated. The score is 17-nil, the judge’s findings were damning. It could not have gone better,’ Professor Peter Ridd explains shortly after the historic judgement in Ridd v. James Cook...

Originally appeared in The Spectator Australia

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Can’t Howl This Down: More Must Be Done To Protect Free Speech

Matthew Lesh 24 April 2019 Education and skills, Freedom of speech,

Former chief justice Robert French’s review into university freedom of speech is a powerful vindication of those who have raised concerns about free speech protection on Australia’s campuses...

Originally appeared in The Australian

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Peter Ridd Has Defeated The Climate Inquisition Thanks To You

Jennifer Marohasy 17 April 2019 Climate change, Freedom of speech,

Peter Ridd was a professor at James Cook University who dared to question claims that the Great Barrier Reef is facing imminent catastrophe from climate change. Eventually he was sacked for not...

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Peter Ridd Wins Biggest Victory On Free Speech In A Generation

Gideon Rozner 16 April 2019 Climate change, Freedom of speech,

The Institute of Public Affairs has today welcomed the historic judgement in the case of Peter Ridd vs James Cook University (JCU) with Judge Vasta finding that Peter Ridd was wrongly dismissed by...

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