Universities Given Till the End of the Year to Adopt Freedom of Speech Code

Universities Given Till the End of the Year to Adopt Freedom of Speech Code
Australian Acting Immigration Minister Alan Tudge speaks during a media conference at Parliament House on September 4, 2020 in Canberra, Australia. David Gray/Getty Images
Rebecca Zhu
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Australian Education Minister Alan Tudge has given universities until the end of this year to enforce a freedom of speech code, threatening to use legislation if universities refuse or cannot implement it.

“You cannot pursue truth without freedom of expression. You cannot create knowledge without freedom of academic inquiry,” Tudge said in a speech to the Universities Australia conference in Canberra on June 3.