The vice-chancellor of the Australian National University, Prof Genevieve Bell, has had a testy exchange with Labor MP Josh Burns during a federal inquiry on antisemitism at university campuses over revelations an investigation into an alleged Nazi salute during a student union meeting has cleared students of any wrongdoing. Bell says the incidents Burns refers to were reported through the ANU’s disciplinary proceedings and an investigation found ‘there had not been a Nazi salute’. Burns replies: ‘I am … please help me understand how that was not a Nazi salute,’ as he reviews the footage during the hearing
Inquiry on antisemitism at Australian unis sees heated exchange over alleged Nazi salute – video
