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  • Panel on Free Speech in Australia and Book Launch

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    Recently, the Free Speech Union Australia hosted a discussion panel at Hobart Town Hall featuring Irish comedy writer Graham Linehan, speaking about his book Tough Crowd. Linehan described his experience of professional and social exclusion following comments and comedy material relating to gender identity. He spoke about losing work opportunities, being removed from social media…

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

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    In the opinion piece “Tasmania will this coming week face its free speech litmus test”, Benjamin Seeder argues that Tasmania’s commitment to free speech would be tested by the planned visit of Irish comedy writer Graham Linehan to Hobart. Seeder describes free speech as a foundational democratic right from which other freedoms flow and contends…