Universities
AUJS national president Jeremy Suss giving evidence at the Royal Commission on Tuesday. Photo: Screenshot
July 13, 2026, 9:08 am
Uni standards take effect as campus hearings open
New governance standards requiring universities to address antisemitism take effect as the Royal Commission opens hearings into campus life.
By Jessica Abelsohn and Sharyn Kolieb
A banner at the 2024 pro-Palestinian/anti-Israel encampment at the University of Melbourne. Photo: Peter Haskin.
July 10, 2026, 1:12 pm
Calls for urgent reform at Australian universities
Academic alliance says antisemitism is normalised and deeply embedded on campuses in submission to Royal Commission ahead of hearings on universities.
By Jessica Abelsohn
A banner at the 2024 pro-Palestinian/anti-Israel encampment at the University of Melbourne. Photo: Peter Haskin
June 24, 2026, 4:53 pm
Campus antisemitism to be examined at Melbourne hearings
Commissioner Virginia Bell said the hearings would draw on testimony from students, academics and institutions
By AJN STAFF
From left: Moshe Kadoury, Viola Bersten and Michele Goldman at the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies plenum.
May 20, 2026, 2:27 pm
94 per cent have experienced antisemitism on campus
Leaders from the Australian Union of Jewish Students (AUJS) addressed the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies (JBD) plenum this week
By AJN STAFF
Emeritus Professor Greg Craven. Screenshot: YouTube/The Sydney Institute
May 15, 2026, 12:27 pm
No Australian university properly defines antisemitism
'Without a clear, adopted, and enforceable definition of antisemitism, efforts to combat hatred on campus are fundamentally compromised,' report author Greg Craven says
By AJN STAFF
Unprofessional responses to an interactive poll at an academic conference.
July 20, 2025, 3:22 pm
With friends like these…
When someone from your workplace posts 'there is no such thing as an innocent civilian in Israel' - the week after October 7 - it becomes hard to see your colleagues as friends
By Kovi Rose
Senator Sarah Henderson.
April 24, 2025, 5:26 pm
Coalition will end the hate on university campuses
Some of Australia’s most prestigious universities failed to uphold the basic rights of safety, respect and inclusion for Jewish Australians
By Sarah Henderson
AUJS UTS president Moshe Kadoury addresses the 'Rise & Respond Global Student Summit Against Antisemitism' in New York City, March 23, 2025. Photo: Courtesy
April 17, 2025, 1:30 pm
Energised by global support, AUJS leader says UTS incident ‘won’t stop us’
Moshe Kadoury, who heads the AUJS branch at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS), recently returned from the 'Rise & Respond: Global Student Summit Against Antisemitism' in New York
By TOBIAS SIEGAL 
The pro-Palestinian/anti-Israel encampment at the University of Melbourne in May 2024. Photo: Peter Haskin
February 6, 2025, 1:00 pm
It’s not too late to get it right
'The Go8 can do better at tackling antisemitism on Australian university campuses'
By David Knoll and Andre Oboler
Senator Sarah Henderson.
October 1, 2024, 4:30 pm
Judicial inquiry into campus hate rejected
Committee recommends referring inquiry into antisemitism at universities to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights.
By Gareth Narunsky
Zionist Federation of Australia CEO Alon Cassuto giving evidence.
September 20, 2024, 11:32 am
Testimonies on campus antisemitism underway
'The only way to confront this shameful stain on our academic institutions is through a judicial inquiry with royal commission-like powers'
By Gareth Narunsky
Greens Senator Mehreen Faruqi wore a keffiyeh "in solidarity with Palestinians" in Parliament last May. Photo: Facebook
August 27, 2024, 6:39 pm
Mehreen Faruqi to sit on committee considering campus antisemitism
‘Senator Faruqi has to explain her motivation for being on this committee,’ says Julian Leeser
By Gareth Narunsky
Member for Berowra Julian Leeser.
June 6, 2024, 4:41 pm
Government rejects judicial inquiry into hate on campus
‘This is extremely disappointing and demonstrates the government’s weak leadership in combating the alarming rise in antisemitic incidents on university campuses’
By Gareth Narunsky
The Pro-Palestine encampment in front of the main entrance of the University of Sydney. Photo: AAP Image/Dean Lewins
May 9, 2024, 8:00 am
Enough!
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese met in the morning with rabbis from NSW, Victoria and Western Australia and promised to heed their calls for action on Jew hatred.
By AJN STAFF
Member for Berowra Julian Leeser.
May 9, 2024, 8:00 am
Leeser calls for campus antisemitism judicial inquiry
Addressing the congregation at Sydney's Central Synagogue last Friday night, Leeser told of making a conscious choice when he entered politics to "always be a proud public Jew".
By AJN STAFF
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