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Law & Liberties - 2019

Why we should not have an ambassador to the Holy See.

by Meg Wallace - 12/06/2019 - 16 comments

What’s happening to our live-and-let-live culture?

by Peter Kurti - 16/07/2019 - 30 comments

Sex selection abortion

by Debbie Garratt - 16/08/2019 - 53 comments

In point of fact, ABC

by Joanna Howe and Suzanne Le Mire - 26/09/2019 - 12 comments

A Tasmanian Liberal conscience vote on transgender law reform will diffuse potential hate campaigns

by Rodney Croome - 14/03/2019 - 32 comments

Triggered

by Verity Jackson - 2/04/2019 - 17 comments

The religious freedom Trojan horse

by Augusto Zimmermann - 7/08/2019 - 7 comments

Taking offence is not a matter for the law

by David Leyonhjelm - 26/08/2019 - 11 comments

The latest US anti-abortion laws are a response to judicial activism

by Brendan O'Reilly - 24/05/2019 - 52 comments

Welcome to the Glasshouse, where even Tim Minchin is afraid

by Sonia Bowditch - 24/06/2019 - 18 comments

Militarised conservation: paramilitary rangers and the WWF

by Binoy Kampmark - 13/03/2019 - 2 comments

Outspoken Christians will not be tolerated

by Bill Muehlenberg - 12/04/2019 - 125 comments

It’s time we stand up against the growing persecution of Christians in Australia

by Augusto Zimmermann - 7/05/2019 - 14 comments

Cleansing the platforms: YouTube, censorship and grievance

by Binoy Kampmark - 13/06/2019 - 5 comments

The great Australian tourist visa scam

by Murray Hunter - 5/08/2019 - 5 comments

Peter FitzSimons: it may come back to bite you

by Spencer Gear - 6/08/2019 - 17 comments

Whistle-blowers and government secrets: cui bono

by Brendan O'Reilly - 16/08/2019 - 18 comments

Ayers Rock: closing the climb

by John Perkins - 24/10/2019 - 40 comments

Reading The Koran

by Laurence Maher - 11/04/2019 - 48 comments

Lethal bungling: Sri Lanka’s Easter bombings

by Binoy Kampmark - 24/04/2019 - 8 comments

Scott Morrison needs to 'obey God's message'

by Spencer Gear - 4/09/2019 - 65 comments

George Pell and conservatism

by Peter Bowden - 13/03/2019 - 52 comments

Can front line emergency workers sue for trauma compo for the horrors they see?

by Trent Johnson - 21/02/2019 - 14 comments

Religious wars

by Peter Bowden - 28/02/2019 - 42 comments

The 'lawyer X case' shows how drug laws undermine the justice system

by Vladimir Vinokurov - 26/03/2019 - 6 comments

Israel Folau and the problem of future knowledge

by Jed Lea-Henry - 15/05/2019 - 11 comments

Israel Folau: indoctrination and the Tongan Fakaleiti

by Max Wallace - 9/05/2019 - 18 comments

Human rights fatigue

by Keith Suter - 8/01/2019 - 16 comments

Religious repugnancy

by Ian Nance - 19/02/2019 - 23 comments

Islamophobia in Australia: the response of the academy

by Jake Lynch - 20/03/2019 - 66 comments

What is Ethical Interanimality?

by Sam Ben-Meir - 2/05/2019 - 7 comments

Spending cap leaves Labor sitting pretty

by Graham Young - 7/11/2019 - 4 comments

'Instagram Helped Kill My Daughter': censorship tendencies in social media

by Binoy Kampmark - 31/01/2019 - 4 comments

Why are professional and ethical standards so important for universities?

by James Page - 23/01/2019 - 49 comments

Sharp manias: knife crime in London

by Binoy Kampmark - 8/02/2019 - 4 comments

The Espionage Act and Julian Assange: the US Justice Department expands its case

by Binoy Kampmark - 27/05/2019 - 10 comments

Dropped investigations: Julian Assange, sex and Sweden

by Binoy Kampmark - 22/11/2019 - 12 comments

Publishing stolen material: WikiLeaks, the DNC and freedom of speech

by Binoy Kampmark - 2/08/2019 - 22 comments

Response to egging of Senator Fraser Anning sends all the wrong signals

by Brendan O'Reilly - 15/04/2019 - 9 comments

Why we should care about Julian Assange? Because next time they come for us...

by Murray Hunter - 31/05/2019 - 28 comments

Modernity and civilisation offer no shield against future genocide

by Alon Ben-Meir - 11/06/2019 - 2 comments

The war on whistle-blowers

by Murray Hunter - 14/06/2019 - 11 comments

Religious freedom proposal is a dud

by Augusto Zimmermann - 17/07/2019 - 15 comments

Child support payments and parental alienation

by Augusto Zimmermann - 20/08/2019 - 6 comments

Celebrity protesters and Extinction Rebellion

by Binoy Kampmark - 22/10/2019 - 7 comments

My book defending free speech has been pulled

by James Flynn - 30/09/2019 - 4 comments

Reading manifestos: restricting Brenton Tarrant’s The Great Replacement

by Binoy Kampmark - 21/03/2019 - 9 comments

God, guns and video games

by Binoy Kampmark - 19/08/2019 - 20 comments

Would you like a large serve of lies with that?

by Mark O'Connor - 6/09/2019 - 3 comments

Protecting minorities does not require sacrificing free speech

by Monica Wilkie - 24/09/2019 - 17 comments

How abuse of violence orders corrupts our family law system

by Augusto Zimmermann - 13/11/2019 - 11 comments

Some realism about Brexit and justiciability

by Laurence Maher - 16/12/2019 - 3 comments

Does it matter if abortion kills babies?

by Graham Preston - 10/05/2019 - 141 comments

The right to bear arms: antiquated or essential?

by Zeke Anderson - 9/08/2019 - 26 comments

Auditors without professional borders

by Malcolm King - 4/12/2019 - 2 comments

Surrogate-born children - for some

by Philip Lillingston - 6/05/2019 - 7 comments

Supreme Court: serving or subverting democracy?

by Mal Fletcher - 25/09/2019 - 4 comments

When intimate partners betray intimacy with sex

by Anne-Maree Choi - 25/10/2019 - 12 comments

Australian media should unite to promote cultural diversity

by Priscilla Brice - 6/12/2019 - 22 comments

Folau issue leaves Libs mid-field, as free speech curbs reflect Labor's culture war wins

by Graham Young - 8/05/2019 - 15 comments

The paradoxical nature of freedom of speech and hate speech

by Rivka Witenberg - 2/07/2019 - 33 comments

Religious Discrimination Bill divides

by Meredith Doig - 29/10/2019 - 4 comments

Were the US and Australia robbed of FIFA tournament, and what to do about it

by Vince Hooper - 24/01/2019 - 9 comments

Lies in politics: Boris Johnson, the law and the European Union

by Binoy Kampmark - 3/06/2019 - 5 comments

Popes against nuclear weapons

by Binoy Kampmark - 2/12/2019 - 4 comments

Shredding asylum: the arrest of Julian Assange

by Binoy Kampmark - 15/04/2019 - 29 comments

Owning your own mind

by David Leyonhjelm - 25/09/2019 - 7 comments

Intolerant intolerance

by Spencer Gear - 21/02/2019 - 70 comments

The dangers of values: Brenton Tarrant, Fraser Anning and the Christchurch shootings

by Binoy Kampmark - 18/03/2019 - 50 comments

Lethal visits: volcano tourism and the White Island eruption

by Binoy Kampmark - 11/12/2019 - 14 comments

Australia’s disgraced cardinal: paradoxes, ironies and martyrdom?

by Murray Hunter - 27/03/2019 - 36 comments

Insidious discrimination against the Roma is Europe’s shame

by Alon Ben-Meir and Arbana Xharra - 19/06/2019 - 7 comments

Spying on Julian Assange: UC Global, CNN and Russian couriers

by Binoy Kampmark - 18/07/2019 - 12 comments

When convenience counts: leaking, whistleblowing and the Democrats

by Binoy Kampmark - 1/10/2019 - 3 comments

Tethering Pegasus: WhatsApp takes NSO Group to court

by Binoy Kampmark - 5/11/2019 - 2 comments

Fitz Files Fail

by Spencer Gear - 25/11/2019 - 38 comments

Going to the ICJ: Myanmar, genocide and Aung San Suu Kyi’s gamble

by Binoy Kampmark - 9/12/2019 - 4 comments

Was Izzy Folau moral?

by Peter Bowden - 1/07/2019 - 55 comments

Arrows of hate: the Religious Discrimination Bills

by Yvonne Patterson - 29/11/2019 - 26 comments

Obama White House was privy to FBI spying on Trump campaign

by David Singer - 10/06/2019 - 3 comments

The One Nation sting was totally ethical

by Peter Bowden - 6/05/2019 - 16 comments

Religious freedom will be suffocated if ALP elected

by Pat Byrne - 17/05/2019 - 43 comments

Should social media be banned?

by Mal Fletcher - 1/02/2019 - 17 comments

Frédéric Martel sets the cat among the pigeons at the Vatican

by Peter Sellick - 29/05/2019 - 11 comments

Bill Shorten is too keen to dabble with the constitution

by David Alexander - 15/03/2019 - 9 comments

A new despotism in the era of surveillance capitalism

by Sam Ben-Meir - 28/02/2019 - 8 comments

Palestinian rights missing from UK antisemitism debate

by Jake Lynch - 5/03/2019 - 4 comments

Muslims are angry and afraid

by Kuranda Seyit - 18/03/2019 - 39 comments

Legalise torture? It’s tortured logic

by Sam Ben-Meir - 9/12/2019 - 6 comments

Grounds for suspicion

by Arthur Dent - 8/03/2019 - 7 comments

Izzy Folau repeats an obligato in the OLO score

by Graham Young - 15/04/2019 - 39 comments

The vendetta against Cardinal Pell

by John Young - 5/03/2019 - 66 comments

George Pell: questions wise and foolish

by Alfred Zarb - 19/03/2019 - 18 comments

Progressive surrogacy bill is regressive for women and children

by Charles Smith - 22/07/2019 - 8 comments

Julian Assange and the scales of justice: exceptions, extraditions and politics

by Binoy Kampmark - 17/06/2019 - 5 comments

Violent voyeurism: surveillance, spyware and human rights

by Binoy Kampmark - 26/06/2019 - 3 comments

Hatred, intolerance, malevolence and misguided Islamic piety

by Laurence Maher - 9/08/2019 - 41 comments

Is free speech dead?

by Jim Dowling - 26/04/2019 - 34 comments

The systematic silencing of conservative voices in Australian universities

by Augusto Zimmermann - 14/05/2019 - 4 comments

Privileging prejudice: the threat and opportunity posed by the movement for 'religious freedom'

by Rodney Croome - 5/06/2019 - 12 comments

Where’s the Prime Minister on the free speech crisis?

by Augusto Zimmermann - 27/06/2019 - 56 comments

Michael Jackson, convenient freak

by Binoy Kampmark - 29/03/2019 - 23 comments

Warring against sources: the Australian national security state, journalism and the public interest

by Binoy Kampmark - 7/06/2019 - 36 comments

'Inequality in a dog collar': how the Religious Discrimination Bill hands more power to the powerful

by Rodney Croome - 21/10/2019 - 28 comments

European Court of Human Rights legitimises unique speech privilege demanded by Islam

by Laurence Maher - 9/07/2019 - 14 comments

Football, refugee rights and Hakeem al-Araibi

by Binoy Kampmark - 14/02/2019 - 15 comments

Means of control: Russia’s attempt to hive off the Internet

by Binoy Kampmark - 15/02/2019 - 2 comments

The cardinal can do no wrong: George Pell's defenders

by Binoy Kampmark - 11/03/2019 - 50 comments

Medical opinion, torture and Julian Assange

by Binoy Kampmark - 24/12/2019 - 21 comments

Building a more moral world

by Peter Bowden - 10/04/2019 - 13 comments

What is sex therapy in the NDIS context?

by David Heckendorf - 20/08/2019 - 1 comment

Brave new world for women, if anyone can join

by Holly Lawford-Smith - 23/12/2019 - 22 comments

AFP raids: the risk in taking public trust for granted

by Warren Reed - 23/07/2019 - 6 comments

When ‘safety first’ puts us all at risk

by Satyajeet Marar - 30/08/2019 - 4 comments

The European Court of Justice's antisemitic ruling

by Jed Lea-Henry - 2/12/2019 - 19 comments

Queensland needs an inquiry into police domestic violence mindset

by Jennifer Hetherington - 31/10/2019 - 11 comments

'Secret: The Making of Australia’s Security State'

by Warren Reed - 20/09/2019 - 3 comments

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