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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Adeshola Ore

Melbourne school showed ‘dereliction of duty’ to students alleging antisemitic discrimination, court told

Signage at Brighton Secondary College in Melbourne.
A federal court judge has reserved her judgment over a case brought by five former students of the Brighton Secondary College in Melbourne. Photograph: Joel Carrett/AAP

The leadership at Melbourne’s Brighton Secondary College has been accused of a “dereliction of duty” on the final day of a court case in which it is alleged they failed to protect five Jewish students from antisemitic discrimination and bullying.

The federal court on Thursday heard the closing submissions in the case brought by the five former students, who are suing the state of Victoria and the government-funded high school for negligence and failing to protect them as Jewish students from racial discrimination.

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