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Right wing extremist makes election bid in sleepy NSW 'cherry capital'

Right wing extremist makes election bid in sleepy NSW 'cherry capital'

Jim Saleam is calling for an 'ideological revolution' but his views have been condemned by other candidates on the campaign trail

  • by Carrie Fellner

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Police swoop on right-wing troll over alleged violent threats
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Police swoop on right-wing troll over alleged violent threats

NSW police have arrested one of Australia's most prominent right-wing extremists, Nathan Sykes,

  • by Nick McKenzie and Richard Baker
After Christchurch: Lessons from an atrocity
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After Christchurch: Lessons from an atrocity

The terror attack at the Al Noor and Linwood mosques in Christchurch during Friday prayers on March 15 was an act of unfathomable hatred. So where to from here?

  • by Michael Bachelard
Ex-head of Australian right-wing group posted anti-Islamic material online in breach of court order
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Ex-head of Australian right-wing group posted anti-Islamic material online in breach of court order

Ralph Cerminara, a previous figurehead of the Australian Defence League, was in May 2015 handed a two-year good behaviour bond by a Burwood Local Court magistrate for inciting a brawl in Lakemba the previous December.

  • by Angus Thompson
The hateful fringes of video games giant Steam
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The hateful fringes of video games giant Steam

A search for "white power" brings up nearly 3000 results on a games app that is popular with children.

  • by Patrick Begley
Australia's far-right moves to shadowy messaging service amid crackdown on digital giants
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Australia's far-right moves to shadowy messaging service amid crackdown on digital giants

Movement to Gab raises questions about whether the government clampdown on major tech giants goes far enough.

  • by Max Koslowski
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Right-winger's violent threats ignored as police find 'not enough evidence'
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Right-winger's violent threats ignored as police find 'not enough evidence'

The threats from a white supremacist troll were specific, violent and recorded on a phone's message bank. But police still did not lay charges.

  • by Nick McKenzie and Richard Baker
'It does trouble me': Sadiq Khan takes veiled swipe at Trump after Christchurch attacks
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'It does trouble me': Sadiq Khan takes veiled swipe at Trump after Christchurch attacks

Sadiq Khan says political leaders should stop normalising far-right extremism.

  • by Latika Bourke
'Everything Tarrant identifies...is true': Ramsay Centre under fire for speakers
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'Everything Tarrant identifies...is true': Ramsay Centre under fire for speakers

The Ramsay Centre for Western Civilisation has come under fire over its 2019 lecture series speakers.

  • by Pallavi Singhal
Perth Muslim family targeted in hate crime in wake of Christchurch massacre
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Perth Muslim family targeted in hate crime in wake of Christchurch massacre

A Perth Muslim family's car was spray-painted with racist and hateful messages overnight.

  • by staff writers
'The Great Replacement': an idea now at the heart of Europe's politics
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'The Great Replacement': an idea now at the heart of Europe's politics

The extremist right wing political creed espoused by alleged Christchurch shooter Brenton Tarrant is resonating through Europe – and beyond.

  • by Nick Miller