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Miklos Bolza

Professor fired over swastika faces appeal

The University of Sydney is appealing findings it unlawfully sacked a professor. (Paul Miller/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

A professor unlawfully fired for placing a swastika over the Israeli flag in a student presentation faces an appeal by his former university employer.

The University of Sydney has asked the Full Court of the Federal Court to overturn findings that Dr Tim Anderson was expressing his intellectual freedom when using the swastika and that he could not be dismissed as a result.

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