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"An influential Catholic college in Sydney is under investigation by the higher
education regulator over a series of comments made by two of its prominent
academics supporting the White Australia policy and calling for Anglo-Celtic
Australians and Europeans to become a “supermajority” in the country.
The federal education minister, Jason Clare, said the Tertiary Education
Quality and Standards Agency (Teqsa) was “undertaking a compliance process”
with Campion College in relation to a number of comments made by Stephen
McInerney, a dean of studies, and Associate Prof Stephen Chavura, a senior
lecturer.
“There is no place for racism in higher education or anywhere else in our
society,” Clare said.
The investigation came after the
Sydney Morning Herald reported that
McInerney and Chavura promoted white nationalism, prompting Campion to
investigate the duo while defending the freedom of speech of its staff members.
This year Chavura established an Anglo-Celtic nationalist group for Australian
men in opposition to “leftist thugs”, “mass immigration and multiculturalism”,
but was quoted in the
Herald as denying it was sympathetic with Nazism or
racism. Last week he said a banner reading “Abolish the Jewish Lobby” at a
neo-Nazi rally in Sydney was “political speech” that should be “protected”.
Chavura has denied being a white nationalist and called the
Herald’s
reporting an “attempt to strangle a rising new conservative movement in its
infancy”.
McInerney, a former deputy head of the Ramsay Centre for Western Civilisation
who also serves on Campion’s academic board and board of trustees, attended the
March for Australia rally in Sydney this August, where he warned of a “radical
transformation” of Australia caused by “reckless levels of immigration”.
On X McInerney describes himself as an “Australian nationalist”.
“I love the Commonwealth created by & for White Australians & want my people to
flourish in it again,” his bio says.
He posted a string of comments on X this month encouraging the public to become
“political supporters” of the White Australia party (WAP), which was formed
this year by the National Socialist Network, a coalition of neo-Nazis led by
Thomas Sewell."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
