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Thursday, December 08, 2005

Fifty at emergency protest

About 50 people protested outside the Vice Chancellors office over the sacking of an outspoken left-wing lecturer, Robert Austin.

On Monday 5 December a successful protest was held at the Chancellory Building at RMIT University. The demonstration was organised to protest the result of the university's appeals and dispute hearings so far, hearings in which management have failed to follow their own policies and processes.

The protestors, mostly students, highlighted the connections between Robert Austin's attempted dismissal and the gagging of student organisations through the "Voluntary Student Unionism" legislation. They also compared the attacks on academic staff and generalised silencing of dissent in universities to the Pinochet dictatorship's purge of critical intellectuals.

Defend Robert Austin Website
Background: Bolt Strike Lecturer | Bolting to the Right | GreenLeft Article | Defend our Universities...

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