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Bill Shorten — the former Labor leader turned vice-chancellor of the University of Canberra — has reacted with shock to testimony given to Australia's royal commission on antisemitism, according to The Guardian. He described accounts from universities as revealing a pattern beyond protest: people concealing their identities, visiting others' offices to intimidate them. Shorten called the behavior bullying and thuggery, saying no cause, however righteous, justifies making people's lives frightening or miserable.

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