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Anzac Day, Same-Sex Marriage and “Eternal Damnation”: Free Speech in the Australian Public Sphere

Anzac Day, Same-Sex Marriage and “Eternal Damnation”: Free Speech in the Australian Public Sphere Recent free speech controversies in Australia have given rise to deep-seated disagreement between protagonists. These protagonists seek to advance rival and conflicting imperatives in such controversies that are centred, respectively, on the defence of “free speech” and the need to limit such speech for the sake of competing ideals. This article seeks to investigate these competing imperatives and their relative priority by focusing on four recent speech controversies in Australia centred upon ANZACs, Anzac Day, same-sex marriage and “eternal damnation”. The article seeks to distinguish the four speech controversies along a number of dimensions, and to determine in which circumstances, and on what grounds, it is possible to prioritise one of these imperatives relative to the other, with the result that conclusions might be reached as to whether free speech, or limits on speech, ought to prevail. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Australian Studies Taylor & Francis

Anzac Day, Same-Sex Marriage and “Eternal Damnation”: Free Speech in the Australian Public Sphere

Journal of Australian Studies , Volume 47 (2): 19 – Apr 3, 2023
19 pages

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Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Copyright
© 2023 International Australian Studies Association
ISSN
1835-6419
eISSN
1444-3058
DOI
10.1080/14443058.2022.2164603
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Abstract

Recent free speech controversies in Australia have given rise to deep-seated disagreement between protagonists. These protagonists seek to advance rival and conflicting imperatives in such controversies that are centred, respectively, on the defence of “free speech” and the need to limit such speech for the sake of competing ideals. This article seeks to investigate these competing imperatives and their relative priority by focusing on four recent speech controversies in Australia centred upon ANZACs, Anzac Day, same-sex marriage and “eternal damnation”. The article seeks to distinguish the four speech controversies along a number of dimensions, and to determine in which circumstances, and on what grounds, it is possible to prioritise one of these imperatives relative to the other, with the result that conclusions might be reached as to whether free speech, or limits on speech, ought to prevail.

Journal

Journal of Australian StudiesTaylor & Francis

Published: Apr 3, 2023

Keywords: Free speech; respect; Israel Folau; Margaret Court; Anzac Day

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