Antisemitism Experts Disappointed with AHRC Report

5A Media Release 17 February 2026

Today, the Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) delivered its report ‘Respect at Uni: study into antisemitism, Islamophobia, racism and the experience of First Nations people’. The report was developed by Giridharan Sivaraman, Race Discrimination Commissioner. The report hooks itself out as the “first national survey that attempts to capture comprehensive, sector-wide data on the lived experience of racism in universities”. Australian Academic Alliance Against Antisemitism (5A) Director Professor Greg Rose pointed out that: "The AHRC study is less than comprehensive, and the flaws in the AHRC report are a great disappointment. Read full media release here