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Miklos Bolza

USyd wrong to fire academic over swastika

A lecturer was unlawfully sacked after putting a swastika over an Israeli flag, a judge has found. (Paul Miller/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

A controversial Sydney academic who imposed the swastika over an Israeli flag did so under intellectual freedom and could not be fired as a result, a judge has said.

Dr Tim Anderson worked at the University of Sydney from February 1988 until he was dismissed in February 2019. At the time he left, he was a senior lecturer in the Department of Political Economy.

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