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A Queensland academic who was sacked from James Cook University after making critical comments about the research of his colleagues gets the chance to argue his case in the High Court.
Sacked Queensland professor scores first win in High Court appeal We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss Normal text size Advertisement A Queensland scientist sacked after publicly criticising his colleagues’ research on climate change and the Great Barrier Reef will have the appeal against his dismissal heard in the High Court. James Cook University fired Peter Ridd in 2018. The Federal Circuit Court awarded Dr Ridd $1.2 million in damages in 2019, before the university later won an appeal against that decision, meaning his compensation was se...
The High Court will hear a case focusing on the relative rights of academics to express their opinions.
Jewish MP demands union dump academic over swastika Save Normal text size Advertisement Jewish Labor MP Josh Burns has demanded the tertiary education union stop backing a left-wing academic who was sacked for superimposing a swastika onto the Israeli flag. Dr Tim Anderson was dismissed by the University of Sydney in 2019 after misconduct findings by the university over his use of Nazi symbolism in lecture materials and social media to highlight what he believes to be Israelâs inhumane occupation of the West Bank. Labor MP Josh Burns. Credit:Alex Ellinghausen The lecture slide that is th...
The National Tertiary Education Union has given the Federal Court notice of an appeal against an earlier decision which upheld the sacking of a university lecturer.