Freedom of speech

Professor Adrienne Stone discusses the differences between the Australian and US constitutions on freedom of speech and why asserting a right to free speech doesn’t make it true

From hateful tweets to posting death threats, proposed laws in Victoria to curb online trolling could be a step in the right direction

Professor Adrienne Stone and John Roskam debate the freedom to offend, the nature of expertise and the state of academic freedom in Australia and around the world

Michael Ignatieff on the Central European University’s fight for survival in Hungary, as it resists the rising tide of populism

The growing influence of think tanks could deeply transform the foundations of Australian education, particularly in policy development

Successive federal governments have called into question the values that lie at the very heart of Australia’s hard-won and cherished democratic freedoms