The courageous and outspoken defence of free speech at universities by University of Western Australia chancellor and former High Court Chief Justice Robert French (News Weekly, October 6, 2018) may have helped waken a realisation among his peers that, thanks to the thuggery of some leftist students and staff, universities are losing their reputation as bastions of free inquiry and debate.
Mr French’s statement came after UWA cancelled a talk by World-famous endocrin…
