While there have been flare-ups with Israel-supporting counter-protesters, local protests have not led to significant outbreaks of violence.
Opposition education spokeswoman Sarah Henderson and senior frontbencher Michael Sukkar said the encampments should be forcibly broken up by police.Henderson has called for the police to move the demonstrators off publicly owned land, but university chiefs have prioritised de-escalation and believe that sending in authorities would only heighten hostilities.
“The higher education regulator must be given powers to fine universities which fail to enforce their own codes of conduct and keep people safe on campus,” Henderson said, recommending the enacting of “time and place” protest rules that allow demonstrations at agreed times. “Freedom of speech is not unfettered, and it doesn’t give a right to bully and coerce and intimidate,” he said.
“These people are highly paid individuals running profitable institutions and for them to wash their hands of these protests is an absolute disgrace,” Dutton said of university chiefs. “Social movements throughout history have had a place on campus, and these brave students are drawing attention to an invasion backed by Labor that has killed tens of thousands of civilians so far,” he said.
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