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While the Canberra Declaration agrees that antisemitism and terrorism are serious societal issues, we have serious and grave concerns about the government's proposal in this legislation. Read our submission to the Combatting Antisemitism, Hate and Extremism Bill 2026.

‘Hate’ is an imprecise term with a range of meanings in different contexts, and its presence is perceived differently by different people. It may be useful as a shorthand in public debate but not as a term on which criminal liability depends.

Senior Coalition and crossbench figures revolt against Labor’s “hate speech” bill, warning vague, unnecessary laws threaten free speech, constitutional rights, and religious liberty.

A veteran’s warning from the Menzies era resurfaces: vague “hate speech” laws empower elites, erode free speech, and threaten Australia’s democratic trust in ordinary citizens.

Nation First looks into how the Combatting Antisemitism, Hate and Extremism Bill 2026 criminalises belief, punishes influence, and puts ordinary Australians at risk for speaking their minds. This is how free speech dies.

As Australia confronts antisemitism, overreaching state responses risk eroding free speech, religious liberty, and association—freedoms historically forged together and essential to minority protection.

As Australia prepares a Bondi Royal Commission, this article weighs free speech against civic welfare, drawing on Scripture and J.S. Mill to argue that liberty must restrain evil.

In his 2026 “State of the World” address, Pope Leo XIV condemns abortion, war fever and woke ideology, mounting a robust defence of conscience, free speech, religious liberty and the family.

The Adelaide Festival’s decision to rescind an invitation sparks debate over free speech versus community safety, highlighting rising antisemitism and the responsibility of cultural institutions after terror violence.

A violent anti-white poster spotted in Sydney has ignited debate over Country Road’s sponsorship of the artist and NSW authorities’ inconsistent enforcement of hate-speech laws.

A 2025 ACN report warns Australia is sliding toward religious freedom concern, citing government overreach, speech restrictions, lawfare, and rising antisemitism despite an overall cautiously positive outlook.

As familiar words are redefined for political ends, navigating today’s cultural debates requires discernment, historical memory, and a refusal to surrender truth to fashionable language. Beware the semantic quicksand!

Violent antisemitism is resurfacing across the West, not from the fringes but amid progressive politics, cultural Marxism, and a growing refusal to confront uncomfortable truths.

As much of Europe shifts left, six outspoken leaders are pushing back against woke politics, mass migration, and cultural decline.

An examination of UK abortion decriminalisation, disability discrimination, and late-term practice, arguing it fuels eugenics, endangers disabled babies, and erodes ethical limits under the guise of choice.

My penalty for being guilty of “unlawful vilification” has been handed down, which is a $95,000 fine plus contradictory actions when I am required to admit to vilifying the two male players in the women's competition by referring to them as males.

Parents, not bureaucrats, are responsible for teaching their children how to navigate the online world. Safety comes from education, parental tools, and platform responsibility, not from social media bans, mass surveillance and mandatory ID checks.

The European Commission (EC) has fined social media company X for AU$210 million after it found the platform in violation of the European Union’s 2022 Digital Services Act. But Musk, X and multiple US government officials maintain this is an attack on free speech and an unwarranted attempt at control.

Nearly half of American college students agree with the notion that “words can be violence,” according to a survey commissioned in the weeks following the assassination of Charlie Kirk. This warped notion of violence will have devastating consequences.

Encouraging meetings in Canberra with politicians who are determined to defend women’s sex-based rights, protect children, and challenge Australia’s harmful gender identity laws threatening truth and free speech.