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Global warming’s great leap backwards on The Spectator Australia | Speaking in Milan in the lead up to the Glasgow Cop 26 global warming summit, professional…

Global warming’s great leap backwards on The Spectator Australia | Speaking in Milan in the lead up to the Glasgow Cop 26 global warming summit, professional…

Breaking news headlines about Great Barrier Reef linking to 1,000s of websites from around the world

The High Court says academic Peter Ridd is free to be as rude as he wishes about his colleagues — but can't harass, bully or defame them.

Education Minister Alan Tudge continues to argue that an obscure version of our history – one that students "can be proud of" – is th

Education Minister Alan Tudge continues to argue that an obscure version of our history – one that students "can be proud of" – is th

Although the High Court held that enterprise agreements protected academics from censure for their “honestly held opinions.”…

The High Court decision has been confusing for many people because it both upheld Ridd’s right to intellectual freedom and the university’s entitlement to sack him for breaches during disciplinary proceedings which had followed upon two wrongly argued censures. Basically, Ridd won on the point of intellectual freedom but he lost on the other aspects of his behaviour which had nothing to do with the exercise of intellectual freedom. By Frank Brennan

It has been a disappointing week in the courts for freedom fighters - but this should only bring home the fact that changes in law have to be fought for on the floor of the parliament not by judicial activism.

Readers discuss their difficulties in accessing their vaccine certificates.