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‘Copycat’ book bans: How US activists are impacting Australian libraries

‘Copycat’ book bans: How US activists are impacting Australian libraries

Best-selling Australian author Amie Kaufman, whose books have been banned in the US, is warning against importing a culture war over literature.

  • by Kerrie O'Brien

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What can we read into this council book ban? Perhaps we lack minority rapport

What can we read into this council book ban? Perhaps we lack minority rapport

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.

  • by Malcolm Knox
Laura Tingle on John Howard and the corrosion of Australia’s national debate

Laura Tingle on John Howard and the corrosion of Australia’s national debate

The ABC journalist says we can’t blame Trump or social media for the quality – or lack of – in our national debate.

  • by Kerrie O'Brien
When uni students endorse terror, it’s time for political intervention

When uni students endorse terror, it’s time for political intervention

The university protests in Australia arising from the Israel-Gaza conflict have moved beyond a debate about free speech.

  • by David Crowe
I’ve seen the fear of Jewish students and colleagues: One academic’s plea to uni protesters
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Opinion

I’ve seen the fear of Jewish students and colleagues: One academic’s plea to uni protesters

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.

  • by Catharine Lumby
The pro-Palestine wave tearing some of America’s most prestigious universities apart

The pro-Palestine wave tearing some of America’s most prestigious universities apart

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.

  • by Farrah Tomazin
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Doxxers on notice they will face jail time under new laws
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Doxxers on notice they will face jail time under new laws

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.

  • by Lisa Visentin
Antoinette Lattouf, political opinion and the ABC’s impartiality
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Antoinette Lattouf, political opinion and the ABC’s impartiality

The sacking of the casual presenter over social media posts pokes at three sore points in the Australian media: race, Gaza, and political opinion.

  • by Michael Bachelard and Calum Jaspan
Protections for religious expression as Labor revises controversial misinformation laws
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Protections for religious expression as Labor revises controversial misinformation laws

Communications Minister Michelle Rowland has flagged significant changes to proposed misinformation laws, delaying the introduction of a final bill to parliament until next year.

  • by Lisa Visentin
Trump’s ‘small hands’ take centre stage in Supreme Court free speech fight

Trump’s ‘small hands’ take centre stage in Supreme Court free speech fight

In a strange twist, lawyers for the Biden administration are effectively trying to prevent Donald Trump from having his name misappropriated in commerce.

  • by Farrah Tomazin
Booker Prize winner Arundhati Roy faces prosecution in India

Booker Prize winner Arundhati Roy faces prosecution in India

Roy faces prosecution under laws relating to promoting enmity, over a speech she gave 13 years ago about the Kashmir region.

  • by Sakshi Dayal