I support the right to protest, but these Melbourne Uni students should be expelled

Like so many other graduates of the University of Melbourne, the Arts West building is a particularly special place for me. It’s where I had my very first tutorial. It’s where – when I was a post-graduate student – I taught tutorials myself. For the many long years of my doctoral studies, I was stationed in Arts West.Students rally at the Pro-Palestine encampment at the University of Melbourne on Friday.

On Monday, the University of Melbourne issued a formal warning to protesters saying emergency exits, fire panels and firefighting equipment in the Arts West building had been obstructed or damaged.The university warned that those in the building must leave the site or face consequences including being reported to Victoria Police, having their ability to attend classes restricted, exclusion from enrolment or re-enrolment, or restriction on access to university properties.

We often see people from the political right bemoan young people’s apparent apathy and condemn them for being glued to devices . It’s hard, then, to also condemn them for caring so much about an issue that they engage in sustained protest.The desire of so many young people to protest what they see unfolding in Gaza is overwhelmingly a good thing. We have a right to protest and a right to freedom of speech.

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