Students challenging planned funding cuts and fee hikes have been met with a heavy police presence
The idea of a “free speech crisis” on Australian university campuses conjures up images of foreign interference, “triggered social justice warriors” and students not speaking out for fear of being “cancelled”.
But there is an actual, unfolding crisis at our universities receiving far less attention. On Wednesday, a student protest at the University of Sydney against the government’s proposed cuts to higher education was forcefully dispersed by police. Videos show students running through campus to avoid police apprehension, being dragged from the street by police and forcefully pushed onto the curb. In one instance, a law professor was forced to the ground and arrested.
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