Controversial political economy academic Tim Anderson’s job was terminated after he showed students slides featuring the symbol imposed over the Israeli flag.
Aaron,an international student studying in Sydney,knows all too well that the industrial-scale surveillance deployed by the Chinese government doesn’t stop at the border.
Best-selling Australian author Amie Kaufman,whose books have been banned in the US,is warning against importing a culture war over literature.
If we had tempered our self-congratulation over marriage equality,we might have left more outlets for frustration than the brute signal of banning books.
The ABC journalist says we can’t blame Trump or social media for the quality – or lack of – in our national debate.
The university protests in Australia arising from the Israel-Gaza conflict have moved beyond a debate about free speech.
I am no fan of Benjamin Netanyahu and the war he is prosecuting,but I am deeply concerned by the illiberal and simplistic turn that the protests at Sydney University are taking.
American universities are “walking a tightrope” as one of the nation’s most storied higher education institutions becomes the centre of a national student uprising.
Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus has indicated new anti-doxxing laws will target the non-consensual release of a broad range of personal and private details,with perpetrators to face jail time.
The sacking of the casual presenter over social media posts pokes at three sore points in the Australian media:race,Gaza,and political opinion.
Communications Minister Michelle Rowland has flagged significant changes to proposed misinformation laws,delaying the introduction of a final bill to parliament until next year.