A University of Queensland student has sought a court order similar to a restraining order against the Chinese Consul-General in Brisbane, Dr Xu Jie, who he claims has endangered him by describing him as an anti-Chinese separatist in a statement published on the Consul-General’s website.

Drew Pavlou, who was last week elected as a student representative to UQ's senate, has made an application under the state's Peace and Good Behaviour Act and is seeking an order against Dr Xu in response to his complaint.

University of Queensland student Drew Pavlou on the ABC's Q&A program in August. Credit:ABC

Dr Xu has been summoned to appear in the Queensland Magistrates' Court on November 22, at which point a magistrate may dismiss or grant the order.

According to the summons and accompanying court documents filed by Mr Pavlou, he has been identified on Chinese social media and in the Chinese government-owned Global Times, as well as in Chinese-language media in Australia, as a key organiser of a July rally held at the university in support of pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong.