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Amid Coalition chaos and free speech battles, Family First stakes its ground—championing life, faith, and family while positioning for key state upper house wins in a turbulent political landscape.

Just hours after Australia’s new hate crime laws passed, two historic Melbourne monuments were defaced with extremist slogans targeting Australians — providing a perfect test as to whether these laws will apply equally.

Significant changes were made to the original 'Hate Speech' Bill, but we still have serious concerns. We thank everyone who prayed for our nation, including on the joint ACL prayer meeting, and voiced concerns to your politicians.

Stay updated with this round-up of breaking news and commentary on the Albanese government’s fast-tracked 'hate speech' laws.

Australia’s proposed hate speech laws risk criminalising lawful expression, eroding due process, and repeating overseas failures—yet rare bipartisan backlash suggests free speech may still survive, for now.

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.