Margaret Chambers

2 weeks ago | ipa.org.au | Margaret Chambers |Scott Hargreaves

In this article, Margaret Chambers contextualises and disseminates the IPA’s research into hate speech laws. Cancel culture has become the law in Victoria. Not only are ‘hateful’ opinions, whatever that means, now unlawful, but under the new laws your right to freedom of speech will depend on what you look like. The Allan government’s changes enshrine a two-tier system, where special rights are bestowed on some Victorians to silence others.

1 month ago | ipa.org.au | Margaret Chambers |Scott Hargreaves

In this article, Margaret Chambers contextualises and disseminates the IPA’s research into hate speech laws. Those who value freedom of speech will be relieved that the Victorian government’s attempt to pass its anti-vilification legislation has been stymied in the state’s upper house – for now. The reforms, pursued since 2019, sought to enshrine cancel culture in Victorian law.

2 months ago | ipa.org.au | Margaret Chambers |Scott Hargreaves

In this article, Margaret Chambers contextualises and disseminates the IPA’s research into hate speech laws. The Sam Kerr saga has exposed the shocking hypocrisy of Football Australia and the identity politics at the heart of Australia’s political establishment. Regardless of the outcome of her trial in the Kingston-upon-Thames Crown Court, the whole sorry episode underscores Kerr is not fit for the captaincy on character grounds.

2 months ago | ipa.org.au | Margaret Chambers |Scott Hargreaves

In this article, Margaret Chambers contextualises and disseminates the findings of the IPA’s submission into the proposed Anti-vilification laws in Victoria. Following the attack on the Adass Israel Synagogue, Premier Jacinta Allan claimed her government’s proposed changes to Victoria’s anti-vilification laws would “restore social cohesion”. The rise of anti-Semitism has rightly shocked many in the community who have never witnessed such acts. But Victorians should not be misled.

2 months ago | ipa.org.au | Margaret Chambers |Scott Hargreaves

“The Victorian government’s proposed laws will enshrine cancel culture in the law. At a time when social cohesion is disintegrating, the proposed anti-vilification bill hands a sword to activists to target those with whom they disagree,” said Margaret Chambers, Research Fellow at the Institute of Public Affairs. The IPA has written to all Victorian members of parliament to share its research on the fatally flawed Justice Legislation Amendment (Anti-vilification and Social Cohesion) Bill 2024.