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28 Aug

The federal government is moving to ban what it calls ‘disinformation’ and ‘misinformation’ in an initiative similar to legislative mov...

24 Apr

Autocracies are very serious places. They have to be. Their power is founded on an absurdity – the assertion that one person or ideolog...

09 Mar

The recent decision of the major law firm MinterEllison to sever ties with the Adelaide Festival because it invited two Palestin...

12 Jan

This article is part of our ‘From the vault’ series of summer reading. It was originally published in the Autumn 2017 edition of Austra...

15 Oct

Many would see the removal of Andrew Thorburn from his position as a victory for progressive values over intolerance. While this messy ...

22 Sep

Salman Rushdie was assailed by 24-year-old Muslim fanatic Hadi Matar on 12 August as he was about to give a public lecture in New York....

19 Sep

During the present period of mourning for Queen Elizabeth II, public sensitivities in the United Kingdom and Australia are high. There’...

02 Oct

Peter Boghossian is a philosopher and teacher of critical thinking and ethics. He is an old friend of several members of the Rationalis...

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