Freedom of speech
- Perspective
- Queensland government
Labor finds some spine on hate laws – and the LNP reaches for outrage
The opposition’s most significant symbolic gesture since it was swept from power at the 2024 state election carries risk for the party on two fronts.
- Matt Dennien
Latest
Dubai influencers warned they face jail over war posts
With some of the harshest cybercrime laws in the world, in the UAE any commentary about regional conflict or security can be a criminal offence.
- Patrick Sawer and Alice Lilley
‘Dangerously low bar’: Labor says hate speech laws a gag on freedom of speech
The laws would ban two phrases associated with the pro-Palestinian movement, and give the attorney-general the power to ban further phrases at their whim.
- Julius Dennis
Anti-trans activist wins fight against e-safety watchdog over queer school club tweet
A Federal Court ruling opens the door to legal challenges against hundreds of decisions made each year by Australia’s eSafety commissioner.
- Noel Towell
- Opinion
- Democracy
I’ve worked alongside good police, but what my daughter saw this week shocked me
She asked me why the Herzog protest required such a violent police response. I did not have a simple answer.
- Violet Roumeliotis
- Opinion
- Scott Morrison
He didn’t hold a hose, but Morrison’s still happy to fan the flames
An incendiary speech by former prime minister Scott Morrison has reminded us that when it comes to matters of cultural sensitivity, he’s still a bulldozer.
- Jacqueline Maley
Former CNN journalist arrested over anti-ICE protest at Minnesota church
Don Lemon said he was covering the demonstration as a reporter, while his lawyer labelled the arrest “an unprecedented attack on the First Amendment”.
- Michael Koziol
- Exclusive
- Bondi shooting
Attorney-general tells imams new hate speech laws won’t silence criticisms of foreign governments
Attorney-General Michelle Rowland has written to the Australian National Imams Council to tamp down concerns of unintended consequences of the federal government’s hate laws.
- Mostafa Rachwani
- Investigation
- Right-wing extremism
‘A scary time’: Nazi terror links revealed as disbanding sparks fears of violence
Experts say far-right extremists are more dangerous than ever, even as they officially split, and this masthead reveals the extent of their connection to terror cells around the world.
- Sherryn Groch
‘Create tension and disruption’: Randa Abdel-Fattah’s road to festival fiasco
The outspoken academic and author was relatively unknown before the Adelaide Festival debacle but her activism, and the controversy surrounding her, has been building for decades.
- Michael Bachelard