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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Caitlin Cassidy

Australian universities to be graded on how well they deal with protests under antisemitism report card

The special envoy to combat antisemitism, Jillian Segal, alongside the prime minister, Anthony Albanese, at a press conference
Antisemitism envoy Jillian Segal, alongside the prime minister, Anthony Albanese. Leaked documents show how universities will be assessed based on how they deal with protests under a controversial new system adopted after the Bondi terror attack. Photograph: Dan Himbrechts/AP

Universities will be graded on how well they “deal with” protests, encampments and the display of flags as part of a controversial antisemitism report card system adopted by the Albanese government after the Bondi terror attack, according to documents seen by Guardian Australia.

The antisemitism envoy, Jillian Segal, devised the report card system as part of a wide-ranging plan handed down to the federal government last July to combat antisemitism, which also proposed withholding government funding from universities that “facilitate, enable or fail to act against antisemitism”.

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