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Don't weaponise 'freedom of speech' says Greens Senator Mehreen Faruqi
This week Greens Senator Mehreen Faruqi delivered the annual PEN Sydney Lecture at the Sydney Writers' Festival. I reported on her speech for City Hub.
Censorship
Newspapers, free speech and activism in Sydney since 1969
John Kaldor's first public art project was Wrapped Coast Little Bay in 1969. In this piece, I reflect on the social context of those times.
How powerful media players cry 'censorship' to fight off accountability
There is a long tradition of media owners in Australia invoking press freedom to trump calls for frameworks to ensure accountability and ethical behaviour, especially at News Ltd.