On Line Opinion - Law & Liberties http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/section.asp?name=law Australia's e-journal of social and political debate en-au Copyright 2000-2026, National Forum editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Graham Young) tech@onlineopinion.com.au 60 Craig McLachlan under siege: not guilty but still under attack by the feminist mob editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Bettina Arndt) Craig McLachlan was cleared in court, yet remains blacklisted in public life. What does 'not guilty' mean in modern Australia? http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23937 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23937 Tue, 14 Apr 2026 07:29:34 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=23937 On Line Opinion IOC restores common sense to women’s sport – now it’s time for New Zealand and Australia to follow suit editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Nerissa Scott and Ro Edge) If fairness matters at LA28, why not at school sport? The IOC’s decision now puts pressure on Australia and New Zealand. http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23935 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23935 Thu, 9 Apr 2026 09:33:39 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=23935 On Line Opinion Television becomes our feminist preacher editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Bettina Arndt) Restorative justice may help victims more than prison. Why is feminism resisting it? http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23886 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23886 Tue, 10 Mar 2026 07:56:22 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=23886 On Line Opinion Not forgetting the victims: Club Epstein and crimes against humanity editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Binoy Kampmark) Three and a half million Epstein files, and still no justice. Who is this process really protecting? http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23871 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23871 Wed, 25 Feb 2026 05:11:02 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=23871 On Line Opinion ‘Ideally, you’d know nothing about the game’: festival censorship and the short memory of arts reporting editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Adele Chynoweth) From Patrick White to 2026, Adelaide keeps censoring. The real scandal is that few journalists remember. http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23868 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23868 Tue, 24 Feb 2026 06:35:38 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=23868 On Line Opinion Shamed Scottish judges editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Bettina Arndt) Doctored CCTV, edited texts, and barred lines of defence: a Supreme Court warning shot over Scotland’s rape prosecutions. Could Australia be next on the same track? http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23862 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23862 Thu, 19 Feb 2026 07:57:57 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=23862 On Line Opinion Hoplophobia – our national illness editor@onlineopinion.com.au (David Leyonhjelm) Is Australia’s gun policy driven by facts or emotion? Three decades after Port Arthur, fear still shapes laws that facts struggle to penetrate. http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23852 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23852 Thu, 12 Feb 2026 07:36:51 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=23852 On Line Opinion Scott Morrison almost got it right editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Graham Young) Scott Morrison finally names the problem of Islamic extremism, then reaches for the one solution liberals should fear most: regulation. http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23843 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23843 Thu, 5 Feb 2026 06:31:19 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=23843 On Line Opinion Coming for the boys editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Bettina Arndt) From universities to ASIO, misogyny is being reframed as extremism. The result: ideological schooling, boys in the crosshairs, and real threats left unspoken. http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23838 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23838 Tue, 3 Feb 2026 07:35:01 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=23838 On Line Opinion Libertarianism and Trump’s Venezuela intervention editor@onlineopinion.com.au (David Leyonhjelm) Libertarianism is all about the freedom of individuals from coercion, based on JS Mill’s harm principle. http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23829 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23829 Wed, 28 Jan 2026 07:09:55 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=23829 On Line Opinion