An emerging challenge to good government, liberal democracy and the Australian way of life is the increasing ‘politicisation’ of our system of government. The author of this paper argues that until the breadth and depth of ‘politicisation’ is recognised, it can never be properly addressed.

In order to determine the attitudes of Australians towards freedom of speech, the Centre for Independent Studies commissioned YouGov to poll 2169 Australians in December 2022, with the data weighted by a number of factors, including age, gender, education, socio-economic status and religion. This resultant paper provides an important insight into just what Australians think...