Documents About The University Of Sydney

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This correspondence (July 2025) comprises internal Department of Education communications with University of Sydney leadership regarding a chancellors' statement on campus safety and discrimination. The statement, issued by incoming Chancellor David Thodey and former Chancellor Belinda Hutchinson, addresses rising racism and intolerance on campus following October 7, 2023 and the Middle East conflict. The university commits to creating a safe, welcoming campus environment and implementing appropriate anti-discrimination policies, complaint protocols, and best-practice procedures. Department officials flagged to university contacts the Race Discrimination Commissioner's concurrent study into antisemitism, Islamophobia, racism, and First Nations experiences at universities, and noted government plans to appoint special envoys countering antisemitism and Islamophobia. The emails indicate coordination between government and institutional leadership on managing community cohesion issues, though substantive policy outcomes or specific measures remain largely redacted from the disclosed excerpt.