Global tensions have put pressure on universities to adopt politicised definitions of antisemitism and Islamophobia.

At the Sky News Australia Antisemitism Summit last month, the country’s former Federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg emphasized the need for “more proactive” solutions. Meanwhile, Australia’s ...

In the US, university students and staff are facing deportation for speaking out against the state of Israel. In Australia, this heated topic is ramping up too.

Academic freedom is under threat from both the Trump administration and dogmatic efforts at self-censorship closer to home.

Speaking to The Australian in Sydney, Israel’s international spokesman to the UN, British-born Jonathan Harounoff, said months of rising anti-Semitism and attacks in Australia had “cut through ...

They also called for UTS to reject academic representative body Universities Australia’s February 27 adoption of an antisemitism definition for its 39 members, asserting that the definition’s ...

Ms Panahi said it is “abhorrent” to see it happen in Australia ... just shows you how far we have fallen and how deep this antisemitism is in the community.” ...