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Does the principle of academic freedom protect Australian academics who engage in pointed public criticism of their academic colleagues, and university governance? A case in the High Court this week provides a rare opportunity to consider academic freedom in Australian universities.
The case has its origins in an academic dispute about the threat climate change poses to the Great Barrier Reef. Peter Ridd, a professor at James Cook University, believed his academic colleagues at a research centre at the University and at a partner institution, the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, overstated the risk.
In comments to print journalists and in appearances on television, Ridd criticised reports produced by those researchers as flawed and untrustworthy. Specifically, he said that his colleagues knew they were ‘likely … telling a misleading story’, and that they would ‘wiggle and squirm’ under questioning.
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Brisbane sushi restaurant faces court
The Fair Work Ombudsman has commenced action against the operators of a Brisbane sushi restaurant, alleging over 30 employees were underpaid and that documents and records were falsified.
The FWO has commenced proceedings in the Federal Circuit Court against Delishesco Pty Ltd, which operates Moga Izakaya & Sushi, a sushi bar and restaurant based at Paddington in Brisbane. Also facing court is the company’s sole director Yinan Yang, who manages the restaurant.
The regulator alleges that Delishesco paid employees flat rates below minimum entitlements, resulting in 34 employees being underpaid a total of $75,716 under the Restaurant Industry Award 2010 and the Fair Work Act’s National Employment Standards between 1 December 2018 and 31 March 2019.
In a survey of over 200 judges in NSW, a quarter said they received threats on their lives and nearly a third reported experiencing trauma from the daily exposure to violent crimes.