The High Court has upheld the sacking of controversial academic Dr Peter Ridd by James Cook University, putting an end to a near four-year battle. On Wednesday, the five justices of the High Court unanimously dismissed Dr Ridd’s appeal, but ...
More »We must fight again: Ridd vows to continue legal battle after JCU lodges appeal
James Cook University has decided to appeal a Federal Circuit Court decision that would see the university pay $1.2m in compensation to sacked professor Peter Ridd. As a result, Ridd took to his GoFundMe page to raise money to cover ...
More »Freedom of speech debate erupts after ‘Cash Cows’ program
This week the National Tertiary Education Union called on Murdoch University to guarantee the jobs of three of its staff who spoke out during the Four Corners ‘Cash Cows’ episode on foreign fee-paying students. The call was prompted after Murdoch’s ...
More »The fight for free speech: a tale of two controversialists
The apparent battle for free speech being played out across our university campuses is difficult to navigate, with many competing viewpoints and intangible ideas at play. The so-called ‘chilling effect’ and other actions allegedly perpetrated by universities to stifle open ...
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