Australia’s Federal Court Delivers Devastating Blow To Free Speech
The Federal Court issued a devastating blow against mainstream Australians, against freedom of speech, and against freedom of speech on climate change by overturning the earlier decision in the Federal Circuit Court which held that Dr. Peter Ridd was unlawfully dismissed by James Cook University.
Alarmingly, this decision shows that contractual provisions guaranteeing intellectual freedom do not protect academics against censorship by university administrators.
The time has come for the Morrison Government to intervene.
This has been Australia’s David vs Goliath battle, with Peter Ridd on one side, backed by thousands of ordinary Australians, and JCU on the other side who secured some of the most expensive legal representation in the country in Bret Walker SC to stifle the free speech of one of its own staff.
Dr. Ridd, a professor of physics at JCU, was sacked by the university for misconduct for questioning the IPA’s publication Climate Change: The Facts 2017, the climate change science around the Great Barrier Reef, and for public statements made on the Jones & Co Sky News program.
He is now apparently considering his legal options in relation to a challenge in the High Court of Australia.
If he does decide to take up that fight, the Institute of Public Affairs – as well as thousands on mainstream Australians – will continue to support his fight for freedom of speech on climate change.
JCU has engaged some of the most expensive legal representation in the country to stifle the free speech of one of its own staff, despite crying poor about university funding in the wake of coronavirus.
It creates a massive chilling effect for any academic engaging in public debate in Australia.
The University’s shameful actions prove without a doubt there is a crisis of free speech at Australian universities.
Many academics are censured, but few are prepared to speak out and risk their career, particularly if faced with the prospect of legal battles and possible bankruptcy.
The case has identified a culture of censorship when it comes to challenging claims surrounding climate change and the Great Barrier Reef.
JCU to this date has never attempted to disprove claims made by Dr. Ridd about the Great Barrier Reef.
Read more at Spectator AU
Source: https://climatechangedispatch.com/federal-court-delivers-devastating-blow-peter-ridd-free-speech/
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