# ANU Addresses Control Claims Over Pro-Palestine Encampment at Royal Commission
The Australian National University's acting provost has denied claims that the institution "lost control" to a pro-Palestine encampment during proceedings before a royal commission. The testimony addresses questions about the university's management of the protest action and its response to the situation.
An internal safety review conducted at ANU assessed the encampment and determined it carried a "high" psychosocial risk rating. This evaluation appears to have been a key factor in the university's handling of the situation and features in the official inquiry into the matter.
The royal commission hearing represents a formal examination into how ANU managed the encampment and the circumstances surrounding it. The university's denial of losing control suggests contested accounts of what authority and decision-making looked like on campus during the protest period.
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