Former treasurer Josh Frydenberg wants universities to follow Deakin’s lead in ending pro-Palestine encampments on campuses across the country. Deakin University’s Burwood campus in Melbourne has hosted a relatively small camp of about 20 people each night since early May. A standoff could eventuate this week; the deputy vice-chancellor hasContinue Reading
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton said the pro-Palestine campus tent cities on several Australian university campuses should end, and says the Prime Minister is being weak on anti-Semitism. “We wouldn’t tolerate it if it was a campus protest against people of indigenous heritage or people with Islamic community or people ofContinue Reading
Student organisers of an anti-Israel protest camp at the Australian National University have declared that Hamas “deserve our unconditional support” while saying they “do not condemn” the October 7 terror attacks. Around 40 students camped out on the ANU’s Kambri Lawn on Monday night as part of a protest ledContinue Reading
A peak Australian Jewish student body says Jewish students are copping demands to declare their political stances at university. Australasian Union of Jewish Students president Noah Loven said Jews were being vilified. “It’s simply not safe for many Jewish students on campus at the moment, and it’s unacceptable that manyContinue Reading
Hundreds of students have walked out of high schools across Melbourne in support of Palestine and to send a message to politicians who encouraged them to just stay in class. “We are high school students and we understand the truth so why doesn’t everyone else?” one student said in anContinue Reading
Hundreds of students walked out of high schools across Melbourne to express their support for Palestine on Thursday – in defiance of the politicians who’d encouraged them to stay in class. The rally started on the steps of Flinders Street Station and made its way through the Melbourne CBD fromContinue Reading
A Melbourne high school has come under fire after students were allegedly dressed up us Arabs in what was believed to be a cruel anti-Semitic stunt. The shocking allegation comes just one month after a federal court ruled that the same school failed to address anti-Semitism and left five JewishContinue Reading