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Professor Emma Johnston appointed new University of Melbourne VC as South Australian mega university reveals leadership team.
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Anger in Muslim heartland and ‘ALP to blame’
A prominent Lebanese Muslim community leader has questioned Penny Wong’s fitness to serve and said Labor had itself to blame for Muslim voters abandoning it as he encouraged the community to vote with its ‘conscience’.
‘I was assaulted at pro-Palestine rally’
Adam Lippmann says he was ‘targeted’ in a 150-person ‘sea of terrorist supporters’ at a rally in Sydney, with one man allegedly calling him a ‘Zionist f…ot’ and another throwing his phone on to the tram tracks.
AFP to probe at least six from pro-Hezbollah rally
The Australian Federal Police will consider prosecutions of at least six people who attended a pro-Hezbollah rally in Melbourne on Sunday for allegedly displaying prohibited terrorist symbols and participating in hateful chants.
Labor ‘has an obligation to rescue Lebanese-Aussies’
One of nation’s largest Muslim associations says thousands want to escape Lebanon but can’t, and the government must help.
Burke warns of visa cancellations as Hezbollah flag flies at rallies
Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke issued a warning for anyone inciting ‘discord’ in Australia, after protesters in Sydney and Melbourne brazenly waved Hezbollah flags and carried framed pictures of assassinated terror chief Hassan Nasrallah | WATCH
Gazan deemed ‘security risk’ demands to know why visa was cancelled
Hosni Imad, who has family in Australia, is trying to determine why his visitor visa was cancelled after a judge was handed a locked bag containing a statement from the second-in-charge at ASIO.
Labor hails 150,000 new students in fee-free TAFE courses
Anthony Albanese hailed the statistics, claiming ‘Australia is better off’ for the scheme, which hopes to address the nation’s critical skills shortages by funding students in vocational training.
Another round at shaping lives for better
Entries for the 2024 round of the Shaping Australia Awards, which recognise universities’ achievements in solving the nation’s biggest challenges and making a meaningful contribution to people’s lives, have been extended.
Concern on forced funding proposal for student-led organisations
Unis being required to allocate at least 40pc of their student services and amenities fees to student-led organisations ‘does not give universities enough oversight about where the money goes’.
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