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Flat White

Time to tackle the bullies or risk freedom of speech

6 March 2019

4:07 PM

6 March 2019

4:07 PM

While American conservatives can rejoice after President Trump announced an executive order to withdraw funding from public universities if they don’t uphold free speech, the recent targeting of Andrew Bolt and Miranda Devine by well-funded professional activist groups attempting to rob them of a platform show that the battle for free and informed debate in Australia is only going to get harder.

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