Politics

‘I keep hearing this phrase social cohesion’: An American free speech advocate on Australia’s fraying public square

Crikey · 19 August 2026 at 10:54 am

Professor Jonathan Zimmerman on the antisemitism royal commission, Pauline Hanson, and why Australia's Racial Discrimination Act would be a 'disaster' in America.

The post ‘I keep hearing this phrase social cohesion’: An American free speech advocate on Australia’s fraying public square appeared first on Crikey .

Read the full article on Crikey ›

5News aggregated this summary from the outlet’s public feed. The full article, with all the context, is on www.crikey.com.au — the content belongs to Crikey.

‘I keep hearing this phrase social cohesion’: An American free speech advocate on Australia’s fraying public square

More from Crikey

‘My teenage sons had become men’: Australian man freed from detention in Iraq after five years on how he survived, and what he missed

Can this new party win seats off Labor in Melbourne’s neglected western suburbs?

The First Woke Wars were 15 years ago. Somehow, we’re still only cancelling the little fish

The Snoop: News Corp boss hits out at CPAC, Trump gets a new lawyer (sort of), and more

More in Politics

Firearms manufacturer standing for One Nation in NSW opposes post-Bondi gun laws that ban his rifles

‘My teenage sons had become men’: Australian man freed from detention in Iraq after five years on how he survived, and what he missed

Can this new party win seats off Labor in Melbourne’s neglected western suburbs?

The First Woke Wars were 15 years ago. Somehow, we’re still only cancelling the little fish

Monique Ryan on Labor’s difficult week and Josh Frydenberg’s possible return - podcast

The Snoop: News Corp boss hits out at CPAC, Trump gets a new lawyer (sort of), and more