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Acts of hate or innocent gestures? What happened at the ANU student meeting

Acts of hate or innocent gestures? What happened at the ANU student meeting

There are conflicting versions of events whether students at an ANU student union meeting performed acts of hate or innocent gestures.

Professor Genevieve Bell told a parliamentary inquiry that seemingly antisemitic gestures “had not happened”. Alex Ellinghausen

Julie HareEducation editor

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Just over a week after pro-Palestinian students had set up a ramshackle encampment in the main thoroughfare of Australian National University last year, the student union was prepped and ready to run its annual general meeting.

The meeting on May 9 last year turned out to be anything but ordinary. A huge number of students – estimated to be around 600 – registered their interest in attending.

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Julie Hare
Julie HareEducation editorJulie Hare is the Education editor. She has more than 20 years’ experience as a writer, journalist and editor. Connect with Julie on Twitter. Email Julie at julie.hare@afr.com

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