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why 'the marketplace for ideas' can fail – from an economist's perspective

  • Written by: Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW
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There is no shortage of repugnant and dangerous ideas in the world. An age old question is whether free speech will see good ideas win out over bad.

The proposition that good ideas eventually triumph in “the marketplace for ideas” dates at least to 1644, when John Milton wrote in his anti-censorship tract Areopagitica:

Let...

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New NSW building law could be a game changer for apartment safety

  • Written by: Matthew Bell, Senior Lecturer and Co-Director of Studies for Construction Law, University of Melbourne

Three years have passed since a cladding-fuelled fire claimed 72 lives in Grenfell Tower, London, on June 14 2017. The construction industry and its regulators around the world are still grappling with how to create effective regulations to ensure dwellings are built to keep their occupants safe.

The New South Wales Parliament passed two important...

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Should I wear a mask on public transport?

  • Written by: Hassan Vally, Associate Professor, La Trobe University
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As restrictions ease, many Australians will be wondering if it’s worth wearing a mask on the bus, train or tram to reduce their risk of being infected with coronavirus.

When Deputy Chief Medical Officer Nick Coatsworth was asked about this earlier this week, he said:

If you are a vulnerable person and you have no other means of...

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The state removal of Māori children from their families is a wound that won't heal – but there is a way forward

  • Written by: Claire Breen, Professor of Law, University of Waikato
The state removal of Māori children from their families is a wound that won't heal – but there is a way forwardnewsroom.co.nz

Too many New Zealand children are born into a state of crisis, as two recent and damning reports have shown.

The Māori Inquiry into Oranga Tamariki (Ministry for Children) was one of five inquiries launched after a media investigation into the attempted “uplift” of a newborn baby from its mother at a maternity ward...

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