Australia news live: inquiry told pro-Palestine sit-in led to ‘sharp’ change in university policy; Tasmanian premier considers buying brewery

Former Labor leader Bill Shorten, now vice-chancellor of the University of Canberra, testified before a royal commission on antisemitism, expressing shock at evidence from Australia's university sector. Shorten described campus protesters masked to hide their identities and visiting individuals' offices as crossing a line from legitimate protest into bullying and intimidation. Per The Guardian, he stressed that regardless of how righteous a cause might seem, making others' lives fearful and miserable through such tactics has no place in the country.

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