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The Peter Ridd case is too important to be left to the courts : Comments

By Graham Young, published 2/7/2021

If Ridd loses, then, without remedial action by the government, academics become mere cyphers of their universities, unable to strenuously critique the work of their colleagues.

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Shadowminister,

What an absolute pile of horse dung.

Of the 41 universities in Australia only 5 are privatised. While strictly deemed independent of Government their employees are regarded as public sectors workers.

The ABC is also regarded as independent of government, in fact it is legislated to be so.

This means their workers are also deemed to be of the public sector but not public servants.

“Today the Federal Government has announced a six-month deferral of wage increases for all Australian Public Service employees to take effect from 14 April for twelve months.
This decision does not apply to the ABC. The ABC’s independence is enshrined in legislation and the ABC’s leadership are under no obligation to apply this to ABC staff.”
http://www.cpsu.org.au/news/abc-and-public-sector-wage-freeze
Posted by SteeleRedux, Friday, 9 July 2021 5:23:09 PM
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SR,

What Bullsh1t. The very charter that grants the ABC independence also unequivocally requires the ABC to be politically neutral, whereas the universities have no such requirement, and in fact are expected to encourage freedom of speech.

As it is clear that you are opposed to free speech your pressing for the ABC to have free speech can only be because they echo your dogma.
Posted by shadowminister, Saturday, 10 July 2021 6:25:36 AM
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