Today in The Australian
Although the High Court has dismissed Peter Ridd’s appeal against the termination of his appointment by James Cook University, its unanimous decision is an important step forward in the defence of intellectual freedom.
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ICAC … even the Star Chamber did better
It would be a mistake to call the NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption a new Star Chamber. After all, despite the injustices that marred its later years, the Star Chamber was, by the standards of its time, a model of procedural fairness.
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That the climate of lawlessness that the CFMEU has done so much to instil in Victoria’s building industry contributed to this week’s ugly scenes in Melbourne is beyond doubt. But no matter how richly John Setka deserves to reap what he has sown, the police clearly had a duty to protect the union’s headquarters, as well as to arrest and charge the thugs who participated in the violence then and in the following days.
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It is undoubtedly true that preventing people who choose not to be vaccinated from engaging in activities that are open to the vaccinated involves a degree of coercion. But that hardly means any such restrictions ought to be opposed by those who place a high value on liberty.
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When Australians woke up on September 12, 2001, to the images of the twin towers collapsing, it seemed, to use Marx’s famous phrase, that suddenly all that was solid had melted into air. Unmistakably, in that terrible moment, everything had changed, with the horrifying photos of a man leaping from a crumbling skyscraper epitomising the terror that had been unleashed on the world.
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With the last American soldiers having left Afghanistan, the pall that hangs over this week’s celebration of the ANZUS Treaty’s 70th anniversary is as thick as it is unmistakeable. Perhaps the only, however feeble, ray of sunshine is the claim made by several highly respected commentators – including Paul Kelly and Greg Sheridan on these pages – that the US’s international standing recovered quickly from its humiliating defeat in Vietnam.
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