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Free Speech 2014 Symposium Thursday, 7 August 2014 Aerial Function Centre, Sydney Free Speech 2014 symposium Thursday, 7 August 2014 Aerial Function Centre, Sydney Starts Ends Theme Format Topic Speakers 08.00 08.50 Registrations 08.50 09.00 Speech Attendees asked to be seated Conference Chair: Jana Wendt 09.00 09.10 Presentation Welcome to country Aunty Norma Ingram - Metropolitan Local Aboriginal Land Council 09.10 09.20 Speech Introductory remarks Professor Gillian Triggs - President, Australian Human Rights Commission Opening session 09.20 09.50 Keynote address Free speech reflections Senator the Hon George Brandis QC - Attorney-General 09.50 10.10 Speech Free speech stocktake Tim Wilson - Australian Human Rights Commissioner 10.10 10.30 Speech ALRC Inquiry into Freedoms Professor Rosalind Croucher - President, Australian Law Reform Commission 10.30 10.50 Morning tea Free speech in a liberal democracy Chris Berg - Director of Policy, Institute of Public Affairs Accommodating rights Speeches & Does defamation law deserve ridicule? Dr Roy Baker - Macquarie School of Law 10.50 11.55 (Session 1) questions Vilification laws Dr Augusto Zimmermann - School of Law, Murdoch University The commercial environment Dr Kesten Green - University of South Australia Business School Combating online harassment Dr Monika Bickert - Head of Global Content Policy, Facebook Free speech in the digital Speeches & 11.55 12.50 Reforming intellectual property Trish Hepworth - Australian Digital Alliance age questions Free speech & the internet Professor Julian Thomas - Swinburne Institute for Social Research 12.50 13.30 Lunch Dr Gary Johns - Director, Australian Institute for Progress What are the limits of free Debate & Professor Suri Ratnapala - TC Beirne School of Law, University of Queensland 13.30 14.25 speech & how should it be Moderator: Professor Peter van Onselen questions Professor George Williams AO - UNSW School of Law protected? Professor Spencer Zifcak - Liberty Victoria Is the media playing field level? Megan Brownlow - PricewaterhouseCoopers Speeches & 14.25 15.20 State of a free media Open & transparent government Senator the Hon David Leyonhjelm - Senator for New South Wales questions Media regulation Michael Sexton SC - Solicitor-General for New South Wales 15.20 15.40 Afternoon tea 15.40 16.00 Free speech reflections Speech Free speech reflections The Hon Mark Dreyfus QC MP - Shadow Attorney-General Donations as speech Professor Anne Twomey - School of Law, University of Sydney Accommodating rights Speeches & 16.00 16.50 Security, sedition & seeking asylum Bret Walker SC - St James’ Hall Chambers (Session 2) questions Privacy & free speech Dr Roger Clarke - Xamax Consultancy 16.50 17.00 The agenda for reform Speech Concluding remarks Tim Wilson - Australian Human Rights Commissioner Major Sponsors Supporting Sponsors .
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