‘Full-scale offensive’:Sydney University restricts all student protests on campus

‘Full-scale offensive’:Sydney University restricts all student protests on campus

Students now need permission to use megaphones and must give three days’ notice for any protests on campus.

  • byDaniella White andLucy Carroll

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‘Just gave money to a Jew’:Seinfeld faces more pro-Palestine hecklers in Melbourne

‘Just gave money to a Jew’:Seinfeld faces more pro-Palestine hecklers in Melbourne

The US comedian didn’t back down when hecklers targeted his Melbourne show,days after his Sydney performances were also interrupted.

  • byCameron Woodhead
Jerry Seinfeld tells activists they’re in the wrong place at his Australian shows. Here’s why they persist

Jerry Seinfeld tells activists they’re in the wrong place at his Australian shows. Here’s why they persist

The comedian has become the target of pro-Palestinian protesters over what has been interpreted as his support for Israel’s response to the October 7 attacks by Hamas.

  • byKarl Quinn
Universities under pressure from MPs to adopt antisemitism definition

Universities under pressure from MPs to adopt antisemitism definition

Jewish MPs want all Australian universities to adopt a politically contested definition of antisemitism.

  • byAngus Thompson
Deborah Conway condemns ‘extreme intolerance’ at Hobart concert

Deborah Conway condemns ‘extreme intolerance’ at Hobart concert

The singer and her musician husband have called out the actions of protesters after a woman threatened another with a glass shard on Saturday.

  • byKarl Quinn
Sharma hosted far-right Israel group disavowed by other Jewish associations

Sharma hosted far-right Israel group disavowed by other Jewish associations

The senator hosted the screening of a film rejecting the two-state solution,organised by controversial Australian Jewish Association president David Adler.

  • byMatthew Knott
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Antisemitic chants could be banned under new hate speech laws

Antisemitic chants could be banned under new hate speech laws

Communications Minister Michelle Rowland said the government was also weighing whether people should face jail time for hate speech.

  • byMatthew Knott
Lecturer sacked over Nazi swastika incident loses bid to get reinstated

Lecturer sacked over Nazi swastika incident loses bid to get reinstated

Controversial political economy academic Tim Anderson’s job was terminated after he showed students slides featuring the symbol imposed over the Israeli flag.

  • byDaniella White
Aaron staged a protest in Australia,then Chinese police paid his parents a visit

Aaron staged a protest in Australia,then Chinese police paid his parents a visit

Aaron,an international student studying in Sydney,knows all too well that the industrial-scale surveillance deployed by the Chinese government doesn’t stop at the border.

  • byLisa Visentin
‘Copycat’ book bans:How US activists are impacting Australian libraries

‘Copycat’ book bans:How US activists are impacting Australian libraries

Best-selling Australian author Amie Kaufman,whose books have been banned in the US,is warning against importing a culture war over literature.

  • byKerrie O'Brien
What can we read into this council book ban? Perhaps we lack minority rapport

What can we read into this council book ban? Perhaps we lack minority rapport

If we had tempered our self-congratulation over marriage equality,we might have left more outlets for frustration than the brute signal of banning books.

  • byMalcolm Knox