The adoption of legislation that adversely affects, even prevents, free speech has been of increasing concern in Australia.

Labor’s sweeping new hate speech bill could see Australia follow the UK’s lead in arresting dozens of people every day over ...

Australian Jewish Association CEO Robert Gregory has raised major concerns over the Albanese government’s proposed hate ...

Of all people, those who organize and attend this free library event understand the persuasive power of words and the ability ...

The bill is due to be voted on next week, posing a range of reforms in the wake of the Bondi Beach terror attack.

The writers’ festival had to be destroyed to save it. In the future, arts boards will stick to safe programming. But will those events be worth attending?

As MPs prepare for an early return to Canberra to consider Labor’s draft bill, the politics must not be allowed to hide the fact that it would be bad law ...

Anthony Albanese’s plans for a special meeting of parliament next week to urgently pass new laws on hate speech, antisemitism ...

A letter from South Australian Premier Peter Malinauskas to the Adelaide Festival board detonated like a thunderclap.

A Jewish advocacy group says there have been 32 reported antisemitic incidents in Canada this past week alone and is asking ...

Margaret Atwood once praised Adelaide for launching the global literary movement. Now, the festival is a “smouldering ...

Here we are, in the charred remains of a burnt-down house. A house that had long been smouldering, in danger of going up in ...