<iframe src="//www.googletagmanager.com/ns.html?id=GTM-K3L4M3" height="0" width="0" style="display:none;visibility:hidden">

Features Australia

Closing young minds

Increasingly, Australia’s far left activists are destroying the very essence of tertiary education

8 August 2015

9:00 AM

8 August 2015

9:00 AM

It was a typically chilly Melbourne afternoon when we arrived at the NAB building in Docklands to attend Christopher Pyne’s book launch. Instead of dully walking through the corporate doors to be greeted by glowing faces at the registration desk we were stopped by the much angrier faces of dozens of so-called ‘student’ protesters.

Already a subscriber? Log in

Subscribe for just $2 a week

Try a month of The Spectator Australia absolutely free and without commitment. Not only that but – if you choose to continue – you’ll pay just $2 a week for your first year.

  • Unlimited access to spectator.com.au and app
  • The weekly edition on the Spectator Australia app
  • Spectator podcasts and newsletters
  • Full access to spectator.co.uk
Or

Unlock this article

REGISTER

Matthew Lesh is a politics student in Melbourne and Victorian Branch General Secretary of the National Union of Students.

You might disagree with half of it, but you’ll enjoy reading all of it. Try your first month for free, then just $2 a week for the remainder of your first year.


Comments

Don't miss out

Join the conversation with other Spectator Australia readers. Subscribe to leave a comment.

Already a subscriber? Log in

Close