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The interim report is a start, but I remain sceptical

Michael Gencher — Fri, 01 May 2026 04:56:40 +0000

An interim report should be judged for what it is, not criticised for what it was never meant to be. It is not the final word on antisemitism in Australia. It was never going to answer every question, examine every failure, or deal with every part of a problem that has been building for years. […]

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Political violence is a consequence of the politics of anathema

Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org — Tue, 28 Apr 2026 10:12:54 +0000

The latest attempt to assassinate President Donald Trump demonstrates anew that, like the toleration of antisemitism, the demonization of opponents leads to the unthinkable. We’ve been through this so many times that perhaps it’s futile even to raise the possibility that the temperature of political discourse should be lowered. But after the third attempt to […]

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Sydney man faces terrorism related charges over extremist material

Rob Klein — Thu, 19 Feb 2026 06:58:51 +0000

A Sydney man has been charged with alleged terrorism-related offences after violent extremist material was reportedly discovered on a phone seized during a New Year’s Eve traffic stop. Officers from the State Crime Command’s Raptor Squad and Traffic and Highway Patrol stopped a Toyota sedan on Dargan Street, Yagoona, on 31 December 2025. During a […]

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Secret cabinet records show warnings on Islamist radicalisation 20 years before Bondi terror attack

Rob Klein — Thu, 01 Jan 2026 07:00:21 +0000

Recently released cabinet documents show that concerns about homegrown Islamist radicalisation were already shaping Australian national security policy two decades before the alleged ISIS-inspired Bondi massacre. Records released by the National Archives of Australia reveal that the Howard government was grappling with the threat of radical Islam emerging within Western Muslim communities in the aftermath […]

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AFP charges three men with Nazi-related offences in national crackdown on extremism

Rob Klein — Tue, 09 Dec 2025 07:18:12 +0000

The Australian Federal Police have charged three men with offences linked to Nazi symbols and extremist material. This forms part of a coordinated national operation announced this week aimed at groups that threaten Australia’s social cohesion. These arrests represent one of the initial significant results from the AFP’s new National Security Investigations teams. These teams […]

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Right-wing terror threats to go under the microscope

AAP — Thu, 07 Dec 2023 21:49:06 +0000

Right-wing extremism in Australia will go under the spotlight in a new inquiry. A parliamentary committee will scrutinise the threat posed by extremist movements, including motivations, objectives and their capacity for violence over the next year. It will look at links between individuals and groups with international movements in a bid to determine how people […]

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