The great irony in punishing universities for 'failing' to uphold freedom of speech
- Written by Katharine Gelber, Professor of Politics and Public Policy, The University of Queensland
Liberal Senator James Paterson recently called for universities to be punished if they fail to uphold the values of intellectual freedom and free speech. He said fringe academics in universities are “an angry minority” who are “hell-bent on enforcing [their] ideological hegemony”.
The punishment he envisages is the...
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