University students should feel free to ask questions and challenge existing viewpoints. This report on data from Australian student experience surveys finds at least 1 in 5 domestic undergraduates and 1 in 4 domestic postgraduates do not feel free to express their views. The report recommends universities be held more accountable for freedom of expression.

A collection of nine articles provides short analyses of issues that may be considered over the course of the 48th Parliament. Each article gives a high-level perspective of significant public policy issues, covering background, context and legislative history, as well as some of the policy and legislative directions raised in the public debate.

This report explores how the benefits of neurotechnology can be embraced while making sure human dignity is at the forefront. Neurotechnology refers broadly to devices, systems and procedures that interact with the human nervous system to access, interpret or influence its activity. The report provides 18 recommendations.

This paper finds that Australian Government responses to challenges such as misinformation, online harms, privacy and hate speech are increasingly disproportionate and, in some cases, ineffective. It proposes that recent Australian laws risk undermining fundamental freedoms and weakening the principles that underpin a democratic society.

This report focuses on public opinion of free speech, freedom of the press and freedom on the internet in 35 countries across the world, including Australia. Results show that in 31 of the 35 countries, the share of people who value free speech is larger than the share who believe they have it, and there...