University of Melbourne cancels classes as pro-Palestine activists defy orders to disband encampments

Monash students say they’ve been threatened with suspension while protests continue around Australia

Classes have been cancelled for thousands of University of Melbourne students while protesters at Deakin University defied orders to disband their pro-Palestine encampments as they vow they will “not be moved” until their demands are met.

On Wednesday, hundreds of protesters flooded the University of Melbourne’s Arts West building and unofficially renamed it “Mahmoud’s Hall” after a Palestinian who was killed with his family in Gaza before he could start his studies in Australia.