Professor Graeme Orr writes in Policy Briefing Online (12.8.14) that the recent debate over freedom of speech ‘has mostly been self-serving. Much of it has been driven by right-wing voices opposed both to vilification laws and to a now-defunct proposal to strengthen the press complaints system. Left-wing voices, while less prominent, have focused on gags on public servants and moves to stop grant funds being used to advocate for policy reform. … The underlying issue, of course, is that the government sees ideological enemies everywhere: in the public service, in NGOs and in the ABC.’
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