Thursday, 2 May 2024

Southern Metropolitan Region

Georgie CROZIER (Southern Metropolitan) (12:43): (827) It is a pity the minister has left the chamber since we just had question time. My question is to the Minister for Skills and TAFE. At Monash University far-left protesters have set up an anti-Israel encampment. In the United States we have seen these encampments preach hate speech and even descend into violence. At ANU in Canberra the encampment’s lead organiser said:

Hamas deserve our unconditional support.

Can you believe it? It is extraordinary. Jewish students are rightfully scared. That is why students from around Victoria are today gathering at Melbourne University to stand with Jewish students and denounce the rise of antisemitic racism on campus. As part of this, the Australasian Union of Jewish Students have called for a round table with the federal education minister, state tertiary education ministers and university vice-chancellors. Will the minister commit to joining this round table and taking action to keep racist hate speech off our university campuses?