ABSTRACT
In this chapter, the authors suggest that the contributions of marginalised voices to public platforms do not merely provide evidence that free speech is alive and well, but may actually unsettle assumptions about what these platforms intend to achieve and the communities they purport to serve. Listening, writes Kwaymullina, 'means listening to the sound of settler-colonialism inside the people head and all around them so that they can hear past it and understand their voices on their own terms'. Across the Unsettled Voices volume and our closing discussion, the author have attempted to extend beyond the free speech debates, foregrounding turning attention to the politics of 'ethical responsiveness', including listening and witnessing. For an extensive survey of approaches to speech for legal purposes. A similar issue arose from Rugby Australia’s termination of a star player’s contract, Israel Folau, due to a homophobic Twitter post.
