Overview
- The staff member was identified as Rose Nakad, a media and communications lecturer who describes herself as an Indigenous Palestinian and cultural activist.
- Footage from October shows Nakad confronting Jewish students celebrating Sukkot and using slurs including “parasites” and “filthy … Zionists,” while accusing them of being “child killers.”
- The university said she was suspended after the incident, investigated, and dismissed for serious misconduct, with an apology and confidential wellbeing support offered to affected students and staff.
- University officials said reforms introduced after a 2024 pro‑Palestine encampment have been implemented and that antisemitism-related complaints have declined.
- The announcement came a day after the Bondi Beach mass shooting that killed 15 people during Hanukkah, as the government outlined plans to tighten hate speech laws and visa powers.