Second Australian University Orders Shutdown of Gaza University Camps

Published on May 15, 2024

A second major university has moved to shut down a pro-Palestine encampment as another threatens police action against protesters staging a sit-in on campus. Australian National University in Canberra told students to prepare to vacate the camp after it met organisers on May 15. “The university has communicated its expectations … ANU expects participants to follow these reasonable directions,” a spokeswoman said. ACT’s National Tertiary Education Union said students had been directed to collect belongings and vacate the encampment on May 10. Deakin University in Melbourne ordered the immediate dismantling and removal of a similar encampment at its Burwood campus on May 14. Students have resisted and were planning to rally on Wednesday evening....

Continue reading on website
Other news

US Inflation Slows for First Time Since January

May 15, 2024
The annual inflation rate eased in April for the first time since January as shelter and gasoline costs contributed to price pressures, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.Last month, the consumer price index slowed to 3.4 percent, down from 3.5 percent in March. This was in line with market estimates. The CPI rose 0.3 percent monthly, down from 0.4 percent in the previous month and below

Labor MP Breaks Party Ranks, Calls on PM to Back Palestine

May 15, 2024
A Labor senator has broken party ranks and called for the prime minister to brand Israel’s attack on the Gaza Strip genocide.Western Australia’s Fatima Payman, the first Afghan-Australian Muslim woman in Parliament, issued a strong rebuke of her government’s stance on May 15, which is also Nakba Day.Translating to The Catastrophe, the day marks the creation of the State of Israel in 1948, with Pal