Pro-palastinian protests continue on Melbourne campuses

ABC NEWS (Australia)

There's little sign pro-Palestinian protestors at university campuses in Melbourne are ready to take down their camp sites. A second university has now launched misconduct proceedings against the demonstrators.

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00:00 There's a much larger security presence here at the Arts West building on the Parkville

00:05 campus of the University of Melbourne.

00:07 At least a dozen security guards stationed around the perimeter of the building, blocking

00:12 the entrances and taking details of everyone coming and going.

00:16 But so far, no sign of police, despite repeated threats from the university that they could

00:21 call police at any time on the protesters inside and that those protesters could face

00:26 disciplinary action from the university itself as well.

00:30 Those threats haven't been actioned as yet and the university protesters show no sign

00:34 that they're planning to leave the building.

00:36 As they continue their calls for the university to cut ties with weapons manufacturers.

00:41 The university building here in Melbourne is still occupied and there's a large protest

00:46 camp ongoing on South Lawn as well, just nearby.

00:49 It's a similar story at universities right around the country, with protest groups showing

00:53 little sign of letting up.

00:55 The La Trobe here in Melbourne, the university yesterday issued a statement saying the protest

00:59 camp there needs to be disbanded.

01:01 They say they've launched misconduct proceedings against those students after they ignored

01:06 a directive to disband their camp on Friday.

01:09 That doesn't seem like enough to discourage the protesters there.

01:14 All of these protesters have been calling for weeks now for the universities to disclose

01:19 and cut ties with weapons manufacturers.

01:21 So far the universities have been unwilling to meet those demands but also unwilling to

01:26 call in police on the protesters after we saw those scenes in the US earlier this year

01:32 where there was violence and mass arrests as police forcibly disbanded protest groups.

01:37 [BLANK_AUDIO]

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