Fired for Questioning: An Australian Geophysicist’s Fight for Academic Freedom

Fired for Questioning: An Australian Geophysicist’s Fight for Academic Freedom
Former JCU Professor Peter Ridd. Courtesy of IPA
Rebecca Zhu
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The act of questioning the quality of his colleague’s work has turned into a fight for intellectual freedom in Australia’s apex legal institution, the High Court.

Marine geophysicist Peter Ridd’s legal battle for freedom of speech is nearing its end after his appeal was heard in the High Court on June 23.