by Chris Merritt | Mar 20, 2025 | Anti-Semitism, Chris Merritt, Commentary, Freedom of Speech, Media Article
Whether we like it or not, freedom of communication in this country is dying because of unrelenting attempts to control not just what we say, but what we think. The tragedy for Australia is this attack on freedom of conscience has been ushered in not by authoritarian...
by Chris Merritt | Mar 7, 2025 | Anti-Semitism, Chris Merritt, Commentary, Freedom of Speech, Media Article
It’s hard to identify the worst aspect of the recently enacted hate speech legislation in NSW. But let’s have a crack, because there is a real chance the greatest achievement of this shocking law will be to let hate preachers off the hook. It is worse than doing...
by Chris Merritt | Feb 14, 2025 | Anti-Semitism, Chris Merritt, Commentary, Freedom of Speech, Media Article
When nurses threaten to kill patients because of their national origin, it demands a response. But how does anyone respond to such a shocking example of anti-semitic hate? The facts are clear: two nurses took a break during their shift at Sydney’s Bankstown Hospital,...
by Chris Merritt | Jan 30, 2025 | Anti-Semitism, Chris Merritt, Commentary, Freedom of Speech, Media Article
Next week the Albanese government will have a chance to strike a decisive blow against exploding levels of anti-Semitism when the Hate Crimes Bill comes before parliament. Much has changed in the five months since Mark Dreyfus introduced this bill. At the time, the...
by Chris Merritt | Jan 24, 2025 | Anti-Semitism, Chris Merritt, Freedom of Speech, Media Article
Imagine what it must be like to be NSW premier Chris Minns: Sydney is under increasing attack by anti-Jewish terrorists and the community needs to know those attacks will not go unanswered. More police action is all well and good. But what about the law? In the...
