Last September, a controversial social commentator, Ms Bettina Arndt, was due to speak at Sydney University as part of a lecture tour in which she disputed claims that women were unsafe on campuses.
When Ms Arndt arrived to talk about what she called the "Fake Rape Crisis", a group of protesters attempted to block the event and to stop her from entering the venue. Riot police were called, but the event went ahead eventually.
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