Beautiful. Thank you for sharing.
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All #protest #FoAA #publicorder law lovers...
A cracking new book has just come out...why, yes, I do have a chapter in it
Edited by @mariaosullivan.bsky.social & @azdastyari.bsky.social
www.routledge.com/Internationa...
Beautiful. Was just in Sydney last week for a public law conference and had evening swims at Coogee Beach. Absolutely divine.
My explainer on today's NSW protest challenge 'Isaac Herzog visit: protesters lose challenge to sweeping special police powers. What now?' #protest #auslaw
theconversation.com/isaac-herzog...
I know, right?! They have both single-handedly destroyed my faith in manufactured TV marriages!!
Love this - looking forward to seeing Stage 2!
Correction - The Conversation!
A good analysis by Michelle Grattan in todays Guardian
'Anthony Albanese’s omnibus bill on hate speech and gun reform is once again exposing Sussan Ley’s lack of authority over her colleagues.'
theconversation.com/view-from-th...
Not that I agree with the current hate Bill btw. Just perplexed by the opposition!
Media finally noticing which side of politics abandoned bipartisanship after the Bondi attack.
Didn't take the LNP long to show their true colours. Too busy doing press conferences to actually engage with implementation of the values they have been talking about for a month. I believe a draft of the Bill last week, if not earlier. On a positive note, nice to see the ABC being more even handed
Oops! Lol (im Gen X, so I'm allowed to say 'lol' by the way, even if its apparently cringey. I use it ironically..)
I mostly work to pay for expensive coffee beans to propel myself to read hundreds of pages of protest and hate speech legislation. Unlike your good self, I think this may in fact be sustainable .. ps the only podcast I listen to Good Hang with Amy Poehler. Can I actually call myself an academic?
For those preparing a submission on the Cth Antisemitism Hate Bill, some submissions, including from the AGs Dept and AFP are now online www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentar...
If you are able to make a submission, the Joint Intelligence and Security Ctee is accepting submissions on the Bill, but extremely tight deadline - this Thursday 15 January at 4pm
www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentar...
Important announcement - The Exposure Draft legislation and its Explanatory Memorandum for The Combating Antisemitism and Hate Bill are now available on the Attorney-General’s website www.ag.gov.au/crime/hate-c...
A must-read from the wonderful Louise Adler who has sadly had to resign from Adelaide Writers Festival.
'The increasingly extreme and repressive efforts of pro-Israel lobbyists to stifle even the mildest criticism has had a chilling effect on free speech and democratic institutions '
Shapiro: J.D. Vance is profoundly and pathetically a weak human being, and he does whatever he thinks his boss wants him to do.
What we need right now is not idiotic gaslighting from the sitting VP
He should be ashamed of himself—and he’s not. I think that speaks to the weakness of his character.
Jesus.
An excellent piece from Dennis Muller, Uni of Melbourne, on the cancellation of Randa Abdel-Fattah from the Adelaide Writers Festival. Is free speech in tatters?
theconversation.com/as-authors-a...
Not many events left on the Adelaide Writers Festival page which must be so disappointing for Louise Adler and the other organisers. There is David Speers though. I haven't listened to Insiders for the past few years as it's now trash, but Id love to see what gems they discuss at this one....
Statement: Jewish Council Condemns Adelaide Festival Removal of Dr. Randa Abdel-Fattah
Totally agree Cheryl. It is not a controversial decision at all - just a fairly standard application of the implied freedom doctrine as far as I can recall.
Great proposal from Holly Cullen about special envoys...
Great idea and totally agree. Having g special envoys is problematic for so many reasons....
Yes,no surprises here. I literally cannot understand why we give tax breaks to those monstrous Ute things. So inappropriate for the city. And people frequently pluses them for school pick ups. Wtf?!
NSW Parliament has established a committee inquiry to look at banning slogans such as Globalise the Intifada. Subms due 12 January. I will be making a submission to this Inquiry and hope others can too.
www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/committees/i...
As a frequent user of that most fantastic swear word, I hear you. Some platforms are even worse. When I watch doco videos on Facebook (yes, I know, I'm old..) they bleep out words like 'sex'. I'm like, really?!
Legend. I need to do this too.
Of course, those conferences will still continue as US attended conferences but they won't attract many international attendees...sad
