Inquiry into Antisemitism at Australian Universities

Liberty Victoria welcomed the opportunity to provide a submission to the Inquiry into Antisemitism at Australian Universities. We support actions of government and universities to address antisemitism on university campuses and in Australia generally, and believe the best way to protect the human rights of all people, including students at universities, would be to have robust federal human rights legislation designed to balance competing rights, which would of course include freedom of expression, freedom of assembly, freedom of religion and freedom from vilification.

However, this should not result in the silencing of legitimate criticism of the actions of the Government of Israel or disproportionate restrictions to the right of students to protest.