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Newspaper items used in the compilation of this issue outline

(see also the Web Links / Internet Information section)

NOTE: Items indexed from The Age are often syndicated in other Fairfax newspapers. Thus, the hyperlink below an Age item may lead to the same item on another Fairfax publication's website.


AUST, November 13, 2013, page 12, comment by Daniel Ward, `(Andrew) Bolt law repeal is good policy'.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/opinion/bolt-law-repeal-is-good-policy/story-e6frgd0x-1226758515275

AUST, December 5, 2013, page 12, comment by James Allan, `(Andrew) "Bolt law" vow must be kept'.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/opinion/bolt-law-vow-must-be-kept/story-e6frgd0x-1226775401112

H/SUN, March 6, 2014, page 13, comment by Andrew Bolt, `Goodes' lecture lets us all down'.
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/opinion/adam-goodes-lecture-lets-us-all-down/story-fni0ffxg-1226846319656

AUST, March 6, 2014, page 11, editorial, `Free speech is a principle to be upheld consistently'.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/opinion/editorials/free-speech-is-a-principle-to-be-upheld-consistently/story-e6frg71x-1226846377879

AUST, March 3, 2014, page 10, comment by Michael Sexton, `We all have a right to free speech and it should be no crime to offend'.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/opinion/we-all-have-a-right-to-free-speech-and-it-should-be-no-crime-to-offend/story-e6frgd0x-1226842992179

AGE, March 3, 2014, page 19,  comment by Tim Soutphommasane, `Beware any move to licence racial hatred'.
http://www.theage.com.au/comment/beware-any-move-to-license-racial-hatred-20140302-33tsf.html

H/SUN, March 13, 2014, page 13, comment by Andrew Bolt, `It feels like I've lost. Do I run, or resist'.
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/opinion/it-feels-like-i-have-lost-do-i-run-or-resist/story-fni0ffxg-1226852869552

H/SUN, March 12, 2014, page 28, editorial, `Your right to speak freely'.
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/opinion/your-right-to-speak-freely/story-fni0ffsx-1226851875830

AUST, March 12, 2014, page 10, comment by Gary Johns, `Race-hate war is already won'.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/opinion/columnists/racehate-war-is-already-won/story-fn8v83qk-1226851809099

AUST, March 20, 2014, page 9, comment by Christian Kerr, `The recovery of liberty'.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/features/the-recovery-of-liberty/story-e6frg6z6-1226859539474

AGE, March 20, 2014, page 29, comment by Bruce Grant, `Sneers of political correctness hamper race debate'.
http://www.theage.com.au/comment/sneers-of-political-correctness-hamper-race-debate-20140319-352nt.html

AUST, March 19, 2014, page 11, editorial, `Debating race without rancour'.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/opinion/editorials/debating-race-without-rancour/story-e6frg71x-1226858477795

AGE, March 19, 2014, page 45, comment (on Andrew Bolt) by Richard Ackland, `Hypocrisy adds insult to injuries'.
http://www.smh.com.au/comment/hypocrisy-adds-insult-to-injuries-20140318-35052.html

AUST, March 18, 2014, page 10, comment by Jeremy Jones, `Let's preserve our best legal weapon against racism'.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/opinion/lets-preserve-our-best-legal-weapon-against-racism/story-e6frgd0x-1226857345908

AUST, March 18, 2014, page 10, comment by N Cater, `Abbott must fix problems in race act'.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/opinion/columnists/abbott-must-fix-problems-in-race-act/story-fnhulhjj-1226857340313

AGE, March 15, 2014, page 38, comment by M Gordon, `A war of words over words that wound'.
http://www.theage.com.au/comment/a-war-of-words-over-words-that-wound-20140314-34s09.html

H/SUN, March 27, 2014, page 13, comment by Andrew Bolt, `Free speech will beat bad speech'.
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/opinion/free-speech-will-beat-bad-speech/story-fni0ffxg-1226865591073

AUST, March 27, 2014, page 13, cartoon. (no web link)

AUST, March 27, 2014, page 1, comment / background (ref to Andrew Bolt case) by C Merritt, `It's the law of unintended consequences'.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/legal-affairs/law-of-unintended-consequences/story-e6frg97x-1226865878213

AGE, March 27, 2015, page 29, comment by Peter Balint, `Free speech is often not so free, Mr Brandis'.
http://www.theage.com.au/comment/free-speech-is-often-not-so-free-mr-brandis-20140326-35ind.html

AUST, March 26, 2014, page 13, editorial (with cartoon), `Bigotry is defeated by free speech rather than laws'.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/opinion/editorials/bigotry-is-defeated-by-free-speech-rather-than-laws/story-e6frg71x-1226864722783

AUST, March 26, 2014, page 12, comment by Tim Wilson, `Free speech is best medicine for the bigotry disease'.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/opinion/free-speech-is-best-medicine-for-the-bigotry-disease/story-e6frg6zo-1226864724843

AUST, March 26, 2014, page 4, comment by C Merritt, `Community standards at the heart of rewrite'.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/opinion/community-standards-at-the-heart-of-rewrite/story-e6frg9uf-1226864758245

AUST, March 26, 2014, page 4, comment by D Shanahan, `Fighting for freedom of speech eerily similar to a defence of bigotry'.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/opinion/columnists/fighting-for-freedom-of-speech-eerily-similar-to-a-defence-of-bigotry/story-e6frg75f-1226864753140

AGE, March 26, 2014, page 20, comment (with Spooner cartoon) by Andrew Lynch, `Brandis, bigotry and balancing free speech'.
http://www.theage.com.au/comment/brandis-bigotry-and-balancing-free-speech-20140325-35gcj.html

AGE, March 24, 2014, page 18, editorial, `Hearing the voice of a migrant nation'.
http://www.theage.com.au/comment/the-age-editorial/hearing-the-voices-of-a-migrant-nation-20140323-35by1.html

AUST, April 2, 2014, page 12, comment by James Allan, `Freedom of speech needs a much better mouthpiece than Mundine'.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/opinion/freedom-of-speech-needs-a-much-better-mouthpiece-than-mundine/story-e6frgd0x-1226871312041

AUST, April 2, 2014, page 12, comment by Alan Dershowitz, `Bans on bigotry backfire'.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/opinion/bans-on-bigotry-backfire/story-e6frgd0x-1226871314008

AUST, April 1, 2014, page 10, comment by N Cater, `Elites wilfully blind to decency'.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/opinion/columnists/elites-wilfully-blind-to-decency/story-fnhulhjj-1226870161527

AUST, April 1, 2014, page 10, comment by Warren Mundine, `Race act debate misses the point'.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/opinion/race-act-debate-misses-the-point/story-e6frgd0x-1226870153421

AGE, April 1, 2014, page 19, cartoon on Bolt case. (no web link)

H/SUN, March 31, 2014, page 13, comment by Andrew Bolt, `Truth wins over the smears'.
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/opinion/truth-wins-over-the-smears/story-fni0ffxg-1226869086031

AGE, March 31, 2014, page 17, comment by Chris Berg, `Brandis' race-hate laws bolster democracy'.
http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac;jsessionid=6E4534462835766AB28BF2211FBD0160?sy=afr&pb=all_ffx&dt=selectRange&dr=1month&so=relevance&sf=text&sf=headline&rc=10&rm=200&sp=brs&cls=14695&clsPage=1&docID=AGE140331Q567A4AEHRI

AUST, March 29, 2014, page 22, comment by Chris Kenny, `A free and vigorous debate would be the best avenue for Bolt's detractors'.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/opinion/columnists/a-free-and-vigorous-debate-would-be-the-best-avenue-for-bolts-detractors/story-fn8qlm5e-1226867968162

AUST, March 29, 2014, page 21, editorial (with cartoon), `Smothering free exchange of ideas a dangerous path'.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/opinion/editorials/smothering-free-exchange-of-ideas-a-dangerous-path/story-e6frg71x-1226868012921

AUST, March 29, 2014, page 13, comment by Brendan O'Neill, `How a ban on hate speech helped the Nazis'.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/opinion/how-a-ban-on-hate-speech-helped-the-nazis/story-e6frgd0x-1226868018436

AUST, March 29, 2014, page 16, comment by Wesley Aird, `Vile intra-racial abuse also hurts Aborigines').
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/opinion/vile-intraracial-abuse-also-hurts-aborigines/story-e6frgd0x-1226868017168

AUST, March 29, 2014, page 1, comment by Gabriel Sassoon, `No respect for most basic right'.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/opinion/no-respect-for-most-basic-right/story-e6frgd0x-1226868145287

AGE, March 29, 2014, page 36, comment by Tim Soutphommasane, `What kind of society favours bigotry?'.
http://www.theage.com.au/comment/are-we-to-favour-bigotry-over-the-right-to-live-unaffected-by-it-20140328-zqo0t.html

AGE, March 29, 2014, page 30, analysis, (photo, other items) by Gay Alcorn, `Free speech or hate speech? The issue dividing Australia'.
http://www.theage.com.au/national/locked-in-a-war-of-words-to-define-free-speech-20140328-35oi1.html

AUST, March 28, 2014, page 12, comment by Gillian Triggs, `Race law changes seriously undermine protections'.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/opinion/race-law-changes-seriously-undermine-protections/story-e6frg6zo-1226866727210

AUST, March 28, 2014, page 13, editorial, `Community as judge and jury'.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/opinion/editorials/community-as-judge-and-jury/story-e6frg71x-1226866775205

AUST, March 28, 2014, page 12, comment by Graham Richardson, `Auschwitz: why I can't back Brandis on free speech'.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/opinion/columnists/auschwitz-why-i-cant-back-brandis-on-free-speech/story-fnfenwor-1226866716996

AGE, March 28, 2014, page 20, comment by Waleed Aly, `Brandis' race hate laws are whiter than white'.
http://www.theage.com.au/comment/brandis-race-hate-laws-are-whiter-than-white-20140327-35lv7.html

AUST, April 9, 2014, page 11, comment by Janet Albrechtsen, `One voice on free speech'.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/features/one-voice-on-free-speech/story-e6frg6z6-1226878150991

H/SUN, April 7, 2014, page 13, comment by Andrew Bolt, `Racism has its Goodes and bads'.
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/opinion/racist-fight-has-its-goodes-and-bads/story-fni0ffxg-1226876076579

AUST, April 5, 2014, page 22, comment by Craig Emerson, `Repeal protects rights of bigots'.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/opinion/columnists/repeal-protects-rights-of-bigots/story-fnktpi7i-1226874996152

AUST, April 5, 2014, page 24, comment by Barry Cohen, `Racist ideas are more effectively countered in debate, rather than in court or jail'.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/opinion/racist-ideas-are-more-effectively-countered-in-debate-rather-than-in-court-or-jail/story-e6frgd0x-1226875046226

AUST, April 5, 2014, page 23, editorial (with cartoon), `Hate speech best defeated in a free exchange of ideas'.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/opinion/editorials/hate-speech-best-defeated-in-a-free-exchange-of-ideas/story-e6frg71x-1226875091872

AUST, April 5, 2014, page 17, comment by Tim Wilson, `Insidious threats to free speech'.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/opinion/insidious-threats-to-free-speech/story-e6frgd0x-1226875037351

AUST, April 4, 2014, page 12, comment by Michael Sexton, `We need more than libel laws'.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/opinion/we-need-more-than-libel-laws/story-e6frg6zo-1226873923326