Greg Craven, a former vice-chancellor of Australian Catholic University, chosen after no other bids made for the tender Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Australia’s antisemitism envoy hand-picked Greg Craven to lead her controversial university report card process after receiving no response from five firms approached during an open tender process. Documents released under freedom of information laws showed Jillian Segal’s office initially approached three independent consulting firms and two law firms to potentially conduct the assessment of Australian universities and how well they were dealing with antisemitism on campus, but all of them declined to bid on the tender. Continue reading...
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Jillian Segal’s office hand-picked candidate to assess controversial university antisemitism report card
Australia's antisemitism envoy, Jillian Segal, directly selected Greg Craven, former vice-chancellor of Australian Catholic University, to lead an assessment of antisemitism at Australian universities. This followed an unsuccessful open tender process where Segal's office approached five firms, including consulting and law firms, to conduct the assessment.
Caitlin Cassidy Education reporterThe Guardian - World NewsFiled 2026-03-06 · 14:00 GMTLean · Center-LeftRead · 1 min
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Australia's antisemitism envoy, Jillian Segal, directly selected Greg Craven, former vice-chancellor of Australian Catholic University, to lead an assessment of antisemitism at Australian universities. This followed an unsuccessful open tender process where Segal's office approached five firms, including consulting and law firms, to conduct the assessment. All five firms declined to bid on the tender. The assessment aims to evaluate how well Australian universities are addressing antisemitism on their campuses. Documents released under freedom of information laws revealed the initial lack of interest in the tender, leading to Craven's appointment.
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Documents released under freedom of information laws showed Jillian Segal's office initially approached firms.
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Greg Craven is a former vice-chancellor of Australian Catholic University.
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No responses were received from five firms approached during an open tender process.
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Jillian Segal's office hand-picked Greg Craven to lead the university report card process.
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