Bang Xiao and Stephen Dziedzic - ABC online - Saturday 08 August 2020 Federal MPs have accused the University of New South Wales of cowardice as it continues to grapple with a free speech controversy sparked by an article about the Chinese Government's crackdown on Hong Kong....
Fergus Hunter and Eryk Bagshaw - The Sydney Morning Herald - Saturday 08 August 2020 Federal MPs are pushing to ramp up parliamentary scrutiny of Chinese Communist Party influence at Australian universities as concerns grow about the sector's reliance on revenue from Chinese students and research...
Senator Paterson on SBS: UNSW self censors anti China sentiment...
Fergus Hunter and Eryk Bagshaw - The Sydney Morning Herald - Monday 03 August 2020 Federal MPs have condemned the University of NSW for deleting social media posts about human rights in Hong Kong following an online backlash from Chinese nationalists. The university faced a barrage of...
Latika Bourke - The Sydney Morning Herald - Monday 03 August London: The barrister who hired Malcolm Turnbull to act in the famous Spycatcher case says Australia's decision to copy parts of Britain's defamation law will reduce the country's "plaintiff bonanza," saying it halved libel cases in...
Jennifer Duke - The Sydney Morning Herald - Sunday 12 July 2020 Liberal MPs have welcomed a controversial open letter from 150 public intellectuals condemning attacks on free expression, arguing that "cancel culture" has ruined lives and calling for people to "stand up for the right...
Simon Benson and Ben Packham - The Australian - Friday 03 July 2020 Hong Kong nationals wanting to flee China’s security crackdown in the territory would have a fast track to resettlement in Australia through the skilled visa program, under an option cabinet will consider next...
Chip Le Grand - The Age - Saturday 06 June 2020 Scott Morrison's headline grabber when he addressed the National Press Club two weeks ago was his pledge to collaborate with unions and employers to overhaul the industrial relations system. But it was another line within the...
Ben Smee - The Guardian - Sunday 24 May 2020 On Thursday morning Drew Pavlou, a 20-year-old activist from Brisbane, sent an “urgent” email to the vice-chancellor of the University of Queensland, Peter Høj. Attached was a two-second video of Pavlou, a student representative on the UQ senate,...
Fergus Hunter and Max Koslowski - The Sydney Morning Herald - Friday 17 April 2020 Disciplinary action against a University of Queensland student known for criticism of the Chinese government risks becoming a political headache for the university as Liberal MPs publicly warn against any actions...