Deputy vice-chancellor says Victorian university wants to ensure ‘safety, security and amenity of all campus users’ but protesters say request is ‘Orwellian’
Deakin University’s Burwood campus in Melbourne, Victoria. The university has called for the immediate dismantling and removal of a pro-Palestine encampment.Deakin University’s Burwood campus in Melbourne, Victoria. The university has called for the immediate dismantling and removal of a pro-Palestine encampment.Pro-Palestine camps have spread to universities in every state in Australia after beginning at the University of Sydney almost three weeks ago.
She noted organisers had initially flagged the camp would run from 7 May to 10 May, a date which had now lapsed, adding the universities took its obligations to staff, students and visitors “very seriously”. Last week, Deakin established barricades closing off Morgan’s Walk where the camp had been established, citing the “utterly unacceptable” behaviour of protestors,In a response published to social media on Tuesday morning, the Deakin Gaza Solidarity Encampment called the move “Orwellian” and reiterated its demands that the university immediately “divest its ties with the state of Israel and all weapons manufacturers”, and for the vice-chancellor to meet with protestors.
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