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Ettention Pls: stories that didn’t get enough coverage this week

Doctors fighting for free speech, a lawsuit against Meta, a proposal for a Black media watchdog and a professor facing anti-Arab harassment at work are some stories you might have missed this week.

Doctors fighting for free speech, a lawsuit against Meta, a proposal for a Black media watchdog and a professor facing anti-Arab harassment at work are some stories you might have missed this week.

By Soaliha Iqbal

G’day folks, I hope you’re enjoying your weekend or whenever you get around to reading this! And avoiding whatever hex is going around right now that is leaving everyone sick. (Me and Antoinette = everyone in this statement, she has a funky eye infection and I have a persistent virus — a tragedy given that as you read this, I’m supposed to be hiking in the Victoria’s Grampian National Park. Wish me luck!).

Anyway, it’s a pleasure to bring you the stories that deserve more coverage— especially given none of them are about Karl Stefanovic or Pauline Hanson. (We've left that for Only Fran this week)

New episode out now.

Here are some of the stories you might have missed this week that we reckon you should know about.

UK medical org. to investigate NHS use of IHRA antisemitism definition over free speech claims, The Jerusalem Post

We mentioned in our round up last week that the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) had taken on the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s (IHRA) controversial definition of antisemitism, which includes criticism of Israel. 

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