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Universities fail antisemitism report card

Australia & NZ Rob Klein -
Australian universities have failed to meaningfully adopt and enforce a definition of antisemitism, according to a new sector-wide assessment...

Taskforce steps up national response to antisemitism in education

News Rob Klein -
Universities are facing growing scrutiny over antisemitism as a national taskforce accelerates efforts to address rising incidents across schools...

Inside Australia’s long fight against antisemitism

Featured Articles Rob Klein -
Australia’s antisemitism crisis did not begin with the Bondi terror attack on 14 December 2025, but that night forced...

Campus antisemitism exposed, but community says response falls short

Australia & NZ Rob Klein -
The Australian Human Rights Commission’s ‘Respect at Uni’ report, released this week, has exposed the deep and personal impact...

Antisemitism probe sets up campus free speech battle

News AAP -
Jewish groups have welcomed the establishment of an antisemitism education task force to root out the source of anti-Jewish...

Illusions and Delusions

Featured Articles Jeremy Rosen -
Those Jews who survived the Second World War were under no illusion that the world cared about them. No nation...

NZ academics push pension fund to divest from Israel

News Greg Bouwer -
More than 700 New Zealand academics have signed a letter urging UniSaver, the national university pension fund, to divest...

Uni students demand action against Israel

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More than 5000 students across Australia are expected to gather for mass meetings, where they will vote in a...

ECAJ warns of flaws in university racism survey

News Rob Klein -
The Executive Council of Australian Jewry (ECAJ) has raised concerns about flaws in the Australian Human Rights Commission’s Racism@Uni...

Bendigo Writers Festival uproar

News David Marlow -
Pro-Palestine activists are in a perpetual state of outrage over recent events surrounding the Bendigo Writers Festival (BWF). The BWF...

Balance key as government reviews antisemitism report

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Australia must find a balance between protecting people against racial vilification and shielding institutions, the race discrimination commissioner says. Politicians...

Academic freedom for some

Featured Articles Greg Bouwer -
How New Zealand universities marginalise pro-Israel voices. New Zealand’s tertiary institutions are facing a crisis not only of sustainability or...

Antisemitism up 52% in Victoria

News David Marlow -
The 2024 Victorian Antisemitism Report has reported a surge in antisemitic incidents in 2024, with a total of 552...

Universities ‘toxic’ for Jewish students, inquiry finds

News AAP J-Wire -
Universities have become toxic for Jewish students and staff, a parliamentary inquiry has found, releasing its findings early ahead...

Call to criminalise threats against places of worship

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Liberal senator Paul Scarr is urging the federal government to bolster its hate crime bill and make threatening places...

Backlash over Greens’ decision to appoint Faruqi to antisemitism inquiry

News Rob Klein -
The Greens' decision to appoint Senator Mehreen Faruqi to a Senate committee investigating antisemitism at universities has sparked a...

Judicial inquiry into university antisemitism bill gets its second reading

News J-Wire Newsdesk -
Since the horrific Hamas terrorist attack on 7 October 2023, Shadow Minister for Education, Sarah Henderson, has led the...

Julian Leeser urges inquiry into antisemitism on campuses

News AAP -
An inquiry with royal commission-like powers would investigate reports of rising levels of antisemitism at Australian universities under an...

Shadow Education Minister calls for a Senate inquiry on antisemitism in university campuses

News J-Wire News Service -
Shadow Minister for Education Sarah Henderson said Australians were witnessing a failure of leadership from the Albanese Government and...

Ignominy

Featured Articles Michael Kuttner -
Defined as a public shame and disgrace, this word more than adequately sums up the current turmoil convulsing universities. With...

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