Special Report: ACT MP Dr. James McDowall on the voting down of the Education Amendment Bill

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Free Speech Union spokesperson Jonathan Ayling speaks to ACT MP Dr. James McDowall about the voting down - at first reading - of his "Education (Freedom of Expression) Amendment Bill". The Bill was designed to ensure there were consequences for universities that actively inhibited free of expression without legitimate cause. But the government didn't even want to debate the issue. What does the failure of the Bill to pass even a first reading say about how the government and their coalition p...