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HomeTag: 18C

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There May Be 1300 Reasons This Law Does Not Work

There May Be 1300 Reasons This Law Does Not Work

Evan Mulholland 29 November 2019 Constitution and law, Freedom of speech,

There are potentially 1300 smoking guns pointing to evidence that the Attorney­-General’s Department has been using the power of the commonwealth to target conservatives­ in Australia. It is not...

Originally appeared in The Australian
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The Secretary Of The Attorney-General’s Department Must Stand Down

The Secretary Of The Attorney-General’s Department Must Stand Down

Daniel Wild 6 November 2019 Constitution and law, Freedom of speech,

“The Secretary of the Attorney-General’s Department, Chris Moraitis, must stand down pending an investigation into how his department abused its power to target Australians because of their...

IPA TODAY
This Foolish Act Must Be Repealed At Once

This Foolish Act Must Be Repealed At Once

Morgan Begg 6 November 2019 Freedom of speech, Ipa today,

Bureaucrats are using Australia’s foreign-influence laws to run a covert political operation out of the Attorney-General’s Department to silence Australians becaus­e of their political beliefs...

Originally appeared in The Australian
PUBLICATIONS
Finally, Parliament Can Act On Restoring The Right To Free Speech

Finally, Parliament Can Act On Restoring The Right To Free Speech

Simon Breheny 20 July 2018 Constitution and law, Freedom of speech,

There is no right not to be ­offended. Yet dozens of provisions on the commonwealth statute books make it unlawful or illegal to ­offend. There is a right to freedom of speech, and each of these...

Originally appeared in The Australian
PUBLICATIONS
Turnbull’s 18C On Steroids

Turnbull’s 18C On Steroids

Gideon Rozner 9 February 2018 Freedom of speech, Ipa today,

Rahm Emmanuel, one-time Chief of Staff in the Obama Administration, once said: ‘You never let a serious crisis go to waste… It’s an opportunity to do things you think you could not do before.’ It...

Originally appeared in The Spectator Australia
IPA TV
Simon Breheny on Q&A – QUT Case

Simon Breheny on Q&A – QUT Case

Simon Breheny 4 December 2017 Ipa tv,

Simon Breheny debates Gillian Triggs over how the AHRC handled the QUT case.

Media Releases
Religious Freedom Review

Religious Freedom Review

Morgan Begg 22 November 2017 Constitution and law, Faith and society,

“Section 18C must be included in any review of religious freedoms,” said Morgan Begg, research fellow at the free market think tank the Institute of Public Affairs. The Coalition...

PUBLICATIONS
Tim’s Tawdry Trick

Tim’s Tawdry Trick

Andrew Bushnell 6 October 2017 Freedom of speech, Ideas and liberty,

As the saying goes, if all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail. So naturally, when the Race Discrimination Commissioner, Tim Soutphommasane, decided last week to share his view of...

Originally appeared in The Spectator Australia
Opinion
Why Abolish 18C? Consider This Vexatious Complaint’s Threat To Free Speech

Why Abolish 18C? Consider This Vexatious Complaint’s Threat To Free Speech

Simon Breheny 28 September 2017 Constitution and law, Freedom of speech,

When the legal affairs editor of this paper, Chris Merritt, sent a carefully worded reply on March 9 to an email he had received two days earlier, that should have been the end of a matter...

Originally appeared in The Australian
Opinion
Hello Triggs-Lite, Goodbye Free Speech

Hello Triggs-Lite, Goodbye Free Speech

Morgan Begg 22 June 2017 Freedom of speech, Ipa today,

It’s clear now that the Coalition government is not only uninterested in the idea of restructuring the bureaucracy, but it also is not even interested in making decent appointments. The...

Originally appeared in The Spectator Australia
Media Releases
Triggs-Lite Appointment A Disgrace

Triggs-Lite Appointment A Disgrace

Morgan Begg 20 June 2017 Freedom of speech, Ipa today,

“The federal government’s decision to appoint Rosalind Croucher as the next President of the Australian Human Rights Commission represents a failure to defend fundamental human rights in...

Opinion
Filling Triggs’ Shoes

Filling Triggs’ Shoes

Morgan Begg 3 June 2017 Freedom of speech, Ipa today,

The Human Rights Commission’s selective agenda does not include the protection of fundamental human rights like freedom of speech. For that reason alone, it must be abolished. But while the...

Originally appeared in The Spectator Australia
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