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'Unbalanced': Victoria University Students' Association president addresses postponed free speech event

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Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Sun, 28 Apr 2024, 5:17pm
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'Unbalanced': Victoria University Students' Association president addresses postponed free speech event

Author
Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Sun, 28 Apr 2024, 5:17pm

There's debate over Victoria University's decision to call off a discussion on free speech.

It comes after outrage within the university, with claims the panellists didn't represent a balance of views.

600 people had registered to attend before the university's Vice-Chancellor postponed the event, saying they were going back to the drawing board.

Students' Association president Marcail Parkinson says some speakers would've made students uncomfortable, and have a history of hate speech.

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