Federal parliament should leave section 18C untouched. AAP/Lukas Coch February 28, 2017 Parliamentary inquiry into free speech resolves nothing, so 18C should be left alone Katharine Gelber, The University of Queensland The much-anticipated report has offered little in the way of a solution to the disagreement over section 18C, so parliament should leave it as it is.
QUT student Calum Thwaites arrives at the Federal Court in Brisbane. AAP/Dan Peled November 6, 2016 QUT discrimination case exposes Human Rights Commission failings Joshua Forrester, Murdoch University; Augusto Zimmermann, Murdoch University, and Lorraine Finlay, Murdoch University The QUT students case was a litmus case for 18C- and it highlighted its serious flaws.
Grassroots protest is driving the divestment campaign. AAP Image/Newzulu/Eliza Berlage September 11, 2016 The fossil fuel divestment game is getting bigger, thanks to the smaller players Luke Kemp, Australian National University The pressure for organisations to divest from fossil fuels is coming from institutions with relatively little financial clout. But soon the richest and most powerful will have no choice but to join in.