The free-speech-at risk-on-campus community have a new ally – Donald Trump. The US president promises to link federal research funds to universities supporting free speech on campus. It’s unlikely to happen here – there is said to be nothing like it in Justice Robert French’s proposed code for universities to protect debate. Then again, Education Minister Dan Tehan did not rule out linking funding to enforcing a free-speech code when asked by RN’s Fran Kelly (CMM November 16 2018).

As to where the French Review is, Mr Tehan’s office says CMM (yesterday) is wrong and that it is not with the minister yet. Perhaps this means the final, formal document, but if his office does not have a copy of the comment draft, there are plenty floating around.