Universities united on strengthening free speech policies Education Policies protecting free speech at universities are more robust across all Australian institutions than two years ago and public reports on academic freedom are now
Freedom of speech: a history from the forbidden fruit to Facebook July 3, 2019 By Matthew Sharpe Career Advice Free speech is in the news. Not least because several leading universities have adopted a “model code” to protect it on campus. And then there’s
Julianne Schultz: what do we want to be when we grow up? September 24, 2018 By Julianne Schultz Culture The tone of public discourse has become so aggressive, nit-picking and ideological, there are few willing to engage. Founding editor of the Griffith Review, Professor
Public servants should be free to comment on social media under fake names: AAT April 18, 2018 By Stephen Easton Career Advice The Administrative Appeals Tribunal has decided that public servants should be free to criticise government policy under fake names on social media, on the basis
Know your limits: free speech as a public servant September 28, 2016 By Stephen Easton News Public service grads who want to get ahead have been firmly counselled to “be careful when using social media” by the Commonwealth human resources chief, John
Public servants and free speech: knowing when to shut up November 13, 2014 By John Wilson Features In his 1644 work Areopagitica, John Milton wrote: “Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to conscience, above all