Australia news live: Bill Shorten says anti-immigrant politics a sign of ‘creeping cultural dementia’; CEOs bank 16% pay rise

Former Labor leader Bill Shorten, now vice-chancellor at the University of Canberra, told a royal commission on antisemitism that he was shocked by conduct in the university sector. According to The Guardian, Shorten described masked individuals visiting people's offices and characterized such behavior as bullying and intimidation, not protest. He said no cause justifies making someone's life 'scary, miserable, and fearful.'

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