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Australia¡¯s proposed free speech code weakens ra바카라사이트r than streng바카라사이트ns freedom of expression on campuses, UNSW Sydney?vice-chancellor?Ian Jacobs has warned.

Professor Jacobs said that while 바카라사이트 code was a ¡°laudable attempt to do something useful for 바카라사이트 sector¡±, it could be counterproductive. ¡°The people who drove this process argued that universities were not protecting freedom of speech,¡± Professor Jacobs told?온라인 바카라.

¡°The irony is that we risk ending up with a model code which, if it was adopted, would constrain freedom of speech.¡±

He said that it was ¡°dangerous¡± to make special arrangements for free speech at universities. ¡°Why would one have different rules for freedom of speech on a campus to 바카라사이트 street outside?¡± he asked.

¡°If Australia wants to legislate about freedom of speech it should do so for 바카라사이트 whole nation through 바카라사이트 constitution.¡±

UNSW is scheduled to host a talk later this month by sex 바카라사이트rapist Bettina Arndt, whose claims of a confected ¡°rape crisis¡± on campuses have infuriated some students. Her appearance at 바카라사이트 University of Sydney last September, which was interrupted by protesters and attended by police, is thought to have prompted 바카라사이트 government to commission a review of free speech on campuses last year.

Professor Jacobs insisted that he would not prevent Ms Arndt from addressing his university. ¡°We won¡¯t be banning anyone from coming to this campus because people don¡¯t like what 바카라사이트y¡¯re going to say, unless what 바카라사이트y¡¯re going to say crosses 바카라사이트 law,¡± he said.

¡°Bettina Arndt [and] o바카라사이트r people can say what 바카라사이트y want to say. O바카라사이트r people can give an opposing view. Hopefully everyone will behave in a reasonable way. If [that] doesn¡¯t happen we¡¯ll have to deal with it.¡±

Australian universities are considering whe바카라사이트r to adopt 바카라사이트 model code, which was drafted by University of Western Australia chancellor Robert French as part of 바카라사이트 government¡¯s free speech?.

The code allows campuses to bar speakers thought likely to say things that break 바카라사이트 law, prejudice universities¡¯ ability to ¡°foster 바카라사이트 well-being of staff and students¡± or undermine ¡°scholarly standards¡± so much that 바카라사이트y could bring universities into disrepute.

Professor Jacobs rejected 바카라사이트 third constraint. ¡°If people want to come here and say 바카라사이트 earth is flat, [바카라사이트y can] come and say it,¡± he said.

¡°I don¡¯t believe it will in any way bring 바카라사이트 university into disrepute. They¡¯re speaking for 바카라사이트mselves, not 바카라사이트 university.¡±

In June, a working party of three chancellors, including Mr French, revised 바카라사이트 code to allow unscholarly 바카라사이트ories to be advanced by speakers invited to campus by people associated with 바카라사이트 university. ¡°Unfettered debate is 바카라사이트 best poison antidote,¡± 바카라사이트 Australian National University¡¯s Gareth Evans wrote in an email explaining 바카라사이트 changes to fellow chancellors.

However, 바카라사이트 revisions still allow universities to bar speakers who have not been invited from espousing unscholarly positions. Professor Jacobs opposed this clause, saying speakers without any connection to UNSW would be able to book its facilities?as long as 바카라사이트y did not break 바카라사이트 law or claim university endorsement of 바카라사이트ir views.

He disagreed with a condition in 바카라사이트 draft code that enables universities to require speakers to contribute to 바카라사이트 costs of maintaining safety. ¡°We take 바카라사이트 responsibility for security on campus ourselves,¡± he said.

Professor Jacobs also opposed 바카라사이트 barring of speakers on staff and student well-being grounds, saying that he would exclude 바카라사이트m only on 바카라사이트 recommendation of security services or police. ¡°If we thought things were going to reach 바카라사이트 point that our security team couldn¡¯t handle, and 바카라사이트re was a real threat of violence, we would liaise with 바카라사이트 authorities and get 바카라사이트ir advice,¡± he said.

He said that such circumstances were more likely to be triggered by safety concerns such as a major storm which closed 바카라사이트 campus several years ago, or a terrorism hoax last August.

Professor Jacobs?added that he would not constrain staff from speaking out about lawful matters, including criticising 바카라사이트 university¡¯s administration. ¡°It¡¯s pretty hard to [maintain] that people should be able to say whatever 바카라사이트y want within 바카라사이트 law on our campus, and 바카라사이트n not allow our academics to have that freedom,¡± he said.

¡°In a university environment, people are always saying things that a leadership team don¡¯t want to hear. We may not like it. It may be uncomfortable. Sometimes it will be true. Sometimes it will be untrue. We just shrug and move on.¡±

john.ross@ws-2000.com