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Tyler Jakovac advocated terrorism and extreme right-wing views on messaging service Telegram. He was jailed for 18 months, which he has already served.

In a piece for The Conversation, Kaz Ross of the University of Tasmania noted that Australia's national security agency ASIO has warned that far-right groups were exploiting the pandemic to expand their operations. In September, ASIO revealed that up to 40 per cent of its counter-terrorism efforts were now directed at far-right extremist activities, an increase from 10 to 15 per cent before 2016. "New groups have emerged and existing groups have become more radicalised and increased their memberships," Dr Ross noted. Mr Trump infamously told the group they should "stand back and stand by...

The threat of far-right terrorism has loomed large in Australia this week. An 18-year-old from NSW has been arrested on charges of advocating terrorism and inciting others to violence. According to police, he had not only been sharing white supremacist and neo-Nazi views online, but had expressed support for being involved in a “mass casualty” event. The arrest coincided with the launch of an inquiry into extremist movements in Australia by the parliamentary joint committee on intelligence and security. Headed by Liberal MP Andrew Hastie, the inquiry will consider both right-wing and lef...

Christchurch massacre: an Australian crime Husna Ahmed was a wife and mother who migrated from Bangladesh to New Zealand, where she used to teach children and help to care for the elderly at her local mosque. When the Australian terrorist began to slaughter the fellow members of her congregation at the Masjid Al Noor last year, she ushered the other women and children safely towards a side exit, before returning in search of her husband, who has been a paraplegic since a hit-and-run accident six years earlier. “ Ko tō tātou kāinga tēnei” – a title that translates to “This is our ...

New far-right groups have emerged during the pandemic and existing groups have become more radicalised and increased their memberships.