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Alex Mitchell

'Quite a crisis': anti-Semitism envoy on uni campuses

University authorities have "consistently failed" to deal with anti-Semitism, a senator says. (Joel Carrett/AAP PHOTOS)

Australia's anti-Semitism special envoy says she's tackling a "special form of racism" that cannot be treated like any other form of discrimination.

At a parliamentary inquiry examining setting up a commission of inquiry into anti-Semitism at university campuses, Jillian Segal said a probe of racism more broadly would not help Jewish students avoid vilification.

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