Australian companies have been shifting from a purely shareholder focus to a much vaguer, less accountable, and damaging stakeholder focus for many years.
Senior management should be concerned they are putting their companies at risk of reputational harm if they associate with movements that are, or become, viewed negatively by the general public.
To what extent do Australians think speech is free in this country? According to polling conducted for the Centre for …
Lord Sumption became what is widely regarded as a brilliant QC before he served as a justice on the UK Supreme Court from 2012 to 2018.
Social media appears in the news cycle, almost daily, and the majority of the coverage is negative. Politicians from all …
‘Cancel culture’ campaigns in Australia are intended to erase elements of our history and to deny the record of those …
In Australia, there are a range of criminal and civil vilification laws that exist to provide recourse for victims of …
This POLICY Paper recommends how and why a ‘university freedom charters’ policy that is backed with financial penalties for non-compliance …
The 2018 Helen Hughes Lecture explains why and how universities are fuelling the corrosive identity politics phenomena that is sweeping …
The government’s proposal to ban foreign donations and limit political contributions from charities is a flawed and rash proposal that …
The federal government decision this week to withdraw its legislation requiring social media companies to regulate misinformation represents a victory …
Experts in misinformation will no doubt be closely following the extraordinary claims being thrown around during the US election, for …
There is no better sign of the loss of faith in democracy than the belief that government must protect people …
In a wide-ranging interview with the New Yorker, legendary comedian Jerry Seinfeld explains how the hard left has killed comedy. …
Pot shots are taken regularly at religious schools whenever their beliefs come into conflict with the prevailing secular norms. Now …
This year’s highly un-coveted Nanny State Award was a tight contest, with a horde of strong contenders from around the …
HOW WOKE WON: The Elitist Movement that Threatens Democracy, Tolerance and Reason. Joanna Williams, (London: Spiked, 2022) Racism is a hot topic …
Rugby league is one of Australia’s great spectator sports, and for spectators the game offers respite from politics. Yet as …
You know we live in a strange world when classical liberal think tanks, such as the Centre for Independent Studies, …
The culture war — and its current battlefront ‘cancel culture’ — is exacerbated because the opposing sides are not speaking …