by Chris Merritt | Oct 4, 2024 | 18C, Chris Merritt, Commentary, Freedom of Speech, Media Article
Late last year it should have been apparent to federal parliament that law alone might not be enough to prevent terrorist sympathisers displaying public support for banned organisations. Yet here we are, days away from what could be damaging displays of public support...
by Chris Merritt | Sep 13, 2024 | 18C, Attorney General, Chris Merritt, Commentary, Freedom of Speech, Media Article
Mark Dreyfus has taken a big step in the right direction with federal hate-speech laws that target the most serious threat confronting the Jewish community. And he has done so while avoiding over-reach and eliminating a get-out-of-jail card for hate preachers that...
by Chris Merritt | Apr 25, 2024 | 18C, Chris Merritt, Freedom of Speech, Media Article
The fight between Anthony Albanese and Elon Musk is not merely about whether Australians should be permitted to see a shocking video of a bishop being stabbed. The outcome of this dispute will help determine a much bigger issue: do we want the federal government to be...
by Chris Merritt | Feb 8, 2024 | 18C, Chris Merritt, Human Rights, Media Article, Rule of Law Issue
Tom Bathurst, the former chief justice of NSW, has been handed a task that has proved to be beyond the capacity of the best brains in the NSW parliament.He has been asked to review a law that is incapable of dealing with the worst of the anti-Semitic bile that has...
