Archbishop targets Gladys over ‘shocking’ betrayal

Archbishop targets Gladys over ‘shocking’ betrayal

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PREMIER Gladys Berejiklian is quickly back-pedalling from a decision to privatise NSW graveyards as Catholic Archbishop Anthony Fisher prepares to punish her government over the issue. It is understood NSW Property Minister Melinda Pavey has this week been instructed to re-engage the Catholic Church and to quickly find an alternate solution to the government’s bombshell graveyard reforms.

Academics warned: Free speech no longer voluntary

Academics warned: Free speech no longer voluntary

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AUSTRALIAN Education Minister Alan Tudge has given universities until the end of the year to enforce a freedom of speech code, threatening to use legislation if they refuse or cannot implement it. “You cannot pursue truth without freedom of expression. You cannot create knowledge without freedom of academic inquiry,” Mr Tudge said in a speech to the Universities Australia conference in Canberra on Thursday.