Expert asked to drop Nazi reference from report on Victorian principal’s controversial speech, court hears

Lawyers for education department asked for change, Michael Whine tells trial brought by five ex-Brighton Secondary College students

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Lawyers for Victoria’s education department asked an expert to remove the word Nazi from a report on whether a school principal’s controversial speech might cause offence to Jewish students, a court has heard.

Michael Whine, a government racism and human rights expert who lives in London, this week appeared as a witness in a trial brought by five ex-Brighton Secondary College students against the Melbourne school, its principal, teachers and the state.

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