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Students and staff have clashed with police outside Sydney University during a strike over proposed cuts to staff pay and conditions.
About 30 protesters, most who appear to be students, clashed with police as they tired to force back the picket line which is stopping vehicles from entering the university, in the city's inner west.
Tensions boiled over when police tried to force protesters to the side of the road to let a van pass through the gates.
But protesters then sat down on the road and the driver gave up and left.
A 24-hour strike was called after talks between the public sector union and university broke down over a new workplace agreement.
Five people were arrested during a similar strike in March after they occupied a chemistry building.
Police were also accused of heavy-handedness after they pushed back a picket line at the university gates.
Topics: university-and-further-education, police, unions, camperdown-2050
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