When pro-Palestine student protesters at the University of Melbourne packed up camp on May 22, ending their occupation of the South Lawn and Arts West building after weeks of escalating actions, they claimed a partial victory in their campaign demanding the university disclose and divest links to weapons manufacturers involved in the Israel-Hamas war.
In a deal brokered to end the protests, the university promised new disclosures of its research ties, and in June published “transparency declarations” revealing it currently had projects worth $43 million in funding from the Australian and United States defence departments, plus at least $7.1
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