Student protesters face expulsion from University of Melbourne over pro-Palestine office occupation

Exclusive: Pro-Palestine activists who were part of a group who occupied the office of an academic intend to appeal decisions

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Two University of Melbourne students have been recommended for expulsion and two for suspension for taking part in a pro-Palestine demonstration at the university's Parkville campus last October.

If the decisions are upheld, the students will become the first pro-Palestine student activists for whom suspension and expulsion have been enforced in Australia since the waves of student demonstrations against Israel's assault on Gaza began in 2023.

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