Commentary The Australian Minister for Education and Youth, Alan Tudge, reported on Oct. 13, 2021, that all 41 universities in the country have now adopted policies to strengthen and protect free speech and academic freedom. Specifically, most have adopted a slightly modified version of the Model Code as revised by the Chancellors’ Council Working Group. The council has also undertaken that their universities will report every year on the implementation of the code. Of course, it is surprising that a code is necessary in the first place. This is because using the language of Cardinal John Henry Newman; universities should aim “at raising the intellectual tone of society, at cultivating the public mind, at purifying national taste … and refining the intercourse of private life.” The history of academic freedom goes back to the famous Glasgow Controversy in 1716-17 when disaffected staff sought to break the dominance of an obstreperous administration …