Critics say new draft policies, including a rule about sending political emails, are ‘even worse’ than last year’s ‘draconian’ crackdown
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University of Sydney staff and students would be banned from holding banners on campus without prior permission and staff would be unable to send political emails unless recipients had expressed prior interest under a string of draft policies introduced before the academic year.
In 2024, the sandstone institution introduced a “draconian” protest crackdown that required three days’ notice for demonstrations and explicit permission for megaphones to be used on campus.
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