A good analysis by Michelle Grattan in todays Guardian 'Anthony Albanese’s omnibus bill on hate speech and gun reform is once again exposing Sussan Ley’s lack of authority over her colleagues.' theconversation.com/view-from-th...

Media finally noticing which side of politics abandoned bipartisanship after the Bondi attack.

For those preparing a submission on the Cth Antisemitism Hate Bill, some submissions, including from the AGs Dept and AFP are now online www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentar...

Important announcement - The Exposure Draft legislation and its Explanatory Memorandum for The Combating Antisemitism and Hate Bill are now available on the Attorney-General’s website www.ag.gov.au/crime/hate-c...

A must-read from the wonderful Louise Adler who has sadly had to resign from Adelaide Writers Festival. 'The increasingly extreme and repressive efforts of pro-Israel lobbyists to stifle even the mildest criticism has had a chilling effect on free speech and democratic institutions '

Shapiro: J.D. Vance is profoundly and pathetically a weak human being, and he does whatever he thinks his boss wants him to do. What we need right now is not idiotic gaslighting from the sitting VP He should be ashamed of himself—and he’s not. I think that speaks to the weakness of his character.

An excellent piece from Dennis Muller, Uni of Melbourne, on the cancellation of Randa Abdel-Fattah from the Adelaide Writers Festival. Is free speech in tatters? theconversation.com/as-authors-a...

Not many events left on the Adelaide Writers Festival page which must be so disappointing for Louise Adler and the other organisers. There is David Speers though. I haven't listened to Insiders for the past few years as it's now trash, but Id love to see what gems they discuss at this one....

Statement: Jewish Council Condemns Adelaide Festival Removal of Dr. Randa Abdel-Fattah

Great proposal from Holly Cullen about special envoys...

NSW Parliament has established a committee inquiry to look at banning slogans such as Globalise the Intifada. Subms due 12 January. I will be making a submission to this Inquiry and hope others can too. www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/committees/i...

The Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Commiittee has released its report into the Freedom of Information Amendment Bill 2025. #foi #auslaw www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentar...

Absolutely brilliant article on Australia's neo-nazi movement and anti immigration protestors by two of Australia's best journalists Nick McKenzie and Michael Bachelard in today's Age. Highly recommended www.theage.com.au/national/den...

For those interested in transparency and open government, please see my thoughts on the FOI reforms announced this week by the Australian government. Published just now in The Conversation. #FOI #transparency #publiclaw theconversation.com/yes-freedom-...

Great article on protest in today's Guardian. Happy to have been cited in relation to the dangers of imposing a permit system on protestors. www.theguardian.com/law/2025/aug...

My colleague Prof Ben Saul sets out the compelling moral and legal case for recognition. www.smh.com.au/world/middle...

NSW Police is putting out the story that this powerful event came perilously close to disaster. NSW Police were the ones who made the mid-event decision to block the northern end of the Bridge, instead of having a plan to funnel protestors safely off it and to train stations on the north shore. 1/

What stands out to me here is that Segal produces NO EVIDENCE to back up her assertions that antisemitism “has become ingrained and normalised within academia” & the ABC and SBS were presenting “false or distorted narratives” which inflamed antisemitism. #AUS #AusPol

Marie Juul Petersen and I in new JEMS special issue on the temporary turn in asylum: Researching the politics of deterrence in practice ‘You can never feel safe’: Danish revocation practice and the production of radical uncertainty www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Madeline Garlick and I in the Externalising Asylum compendium: Moving beyond externalisation? Toward lawful cooperation on asylum externalizingasylum.info/moving-beyon...

Did you know that up to 37% of students in Western Sydney rely solely on their mobile phones to complete their schoolwork? Read our report on digital equity in NSW schools here: www.whitlam.org/publications...