ANU pro-Palestine encampment told to move on because of safety risk

The Canberra Times

WATCH: ANU protestors were told to move on the morning of May 27. Some at the camp believe a  safety threat to be a convenient excuse from the university.

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00:00 Apparently there's conflicting WHS advice and using that as a pretext to move the encampment on

00:05 But it's in a context where we've seen other complaints about the condition of the lawn, the smell of the encampment

00:11 So it's hard to say it as anything other than a pretext.

00:15 So is this actually a fire assembly point?

00:18 It depends where you look. Some buildings have evacuation procedures which have alternative evacuation points.

00:24 Other websites suggest that it could be.

00:26 So the University said that a fire evacuation failed on the weekend with an alternative point.

00:34 Do you know anything about that?

00:36 No, I'm not across that.

00:37 I mean, do you think the encampment has any intention of moving today?

00:41 I can't say, but what I will say is the decision by the University to call police onto campus to break up a legitimate

00:49 peaceful student protest is nothing short of shameful.

00:52 Thank you.

00:53 [BLANK_AUDIO]

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