Tag: free speech

  • The Importance of freedom of speech 

    Equality Tasmania calls journalist Benjamin Seeder article in the Examiner bias, putting in doubt his journalistic integrity when the opposite could not be more true. At this moment when many are afraid to raise their voices for fear of offending and reputation cancelation, he raises his. Robust debate and the exchange of ideas no matter…

  • Panel on Free Speech in Australia and book launch

    Free Speech Union Australia organised a discussion panel at Hobart Town Hall with Irish comedy writer Graham Linehan to discuss his book, Tough Crowd. In it, he details how he was cancelled, banned from Twitter, and effectively ejected from the UK comedy scene for making jokes about trans people. He has since expressed views critical of…

  • Freedom of speech IS a responsibility

    Ben Seeder (Examiner March 31) has successfully covered an issue that all too often is not reported by Tasmanian media. After all, journalism is about having the tenacity and courage to report fairly and impartially in the public interest, even when political lobby groups, political or corporate bodies may become legally exposed or offended by…

  • Free Speech Essential in a Democracy

    I wish to express my concern regarding a recent letter to the Editor by Equality Tasmania which criticises journalist Ben Seeder.  In a democratic society, free speech is not only a fundamental right but also underpins our democracy. It must be said that regarding the impact of gender ideology, women and children have borne the brunt of this worldwide and…

  • Tasmania will this coming week face its free speech litmus test

    Free speech is a keystone right – all other rights flow from it, from freedom of association, religion, and even the right to a fair trial. It has played a vital part in our Tasmanian democracy these past hundred years. Which is why it is strange that the idea is now under attack all across…

  • Protesters call for Minister’s intervention

    Protesters will be gathering outside Hobart Town Hall at 10am Wednesday 31 January 2024 in support of Hobart Councillor Louise Elliot and freedom of political communication and other matters concerning the toxic culture in the leadership of Hobart City Council. Louise Elliot has endured 18 months of an orchestrated campaign by a group of Councillors…

  • The gender issue deserves urgent and open debate

    Parenting has never been easy and the onslaught of competing pressures vying for the attention of impressionable young minds makes ti more difficult still. For many, navigating the highly charged terrain of puberty represents a high-water mark ni the parental challenge. As we now know, a potent new factor has been added to the mix.…

  • Anti-trans activist Posie Parker’s Hobart event swarmed by protesters ahead of Auckland stop

    The latest stop on anti-trans activist Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull’s Let Women Speak tour in Tasmania saw the self-described women’s rights activist swarmed by hundreds of protesters who drowned out the relatively small number of people who turned out in support. The spirited response left Keen-Minshull, also known as Posie Parker, complaining about a lack of police protection and…

  • Free Speech Alliance Australia

    Freedom of speech for women is under dire threat in Australia. Free Speech Alliance Australia has produced this poster and list of women in Australia from across the political spectrum who have been sacked, banned, no-platformed, expelled, threatened with violence including rape, attacked and/or vilified for speaking out about their views on women’s sex-based rights.…

  • Robust and respectful free debate is vital

    Comment by Isla MacGregor Cassy O’Connor’s recent call for Premier Jeremy Rockliff to ban the Free Speech Alliance Australia forum at Parliament House on conversion therapy laws is regrettable. Democracy can only flourish when there is informed, robust and respectful free debate. The Tasmanian Law Reform Institute final report on the issue has not received…