August
Why Telegram became the go-to app for troublemakers
A light-touch approach to content moderation means the software is now a prime target for governments trying to stop criminal activities and misinformation.
- Eleanor Thornber and Jeff Stone
- Opinion
- Middle East tensions
Mark Scott failed to lead when radicals took over Sydney campus
The University of Sydney vice chancellor has sent the clearest possible message: he is prepared to accept some violence and hatred to appease extremists who threaten more violence and hatred.
- Jeremy Leibler
- Analysis
- National security
The politics of grievance has become something more sinister
Ever since 9/11, terror alerts and politics have been inseparable, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t substance behind them either.
- Phillip Coorey
Extremism rising across the board makes terror attack ‘probable’
Security officials are alarmed by Australians embracing more extreme ideologies over issues such as pandemic lockdowns, the war in Gaza and economic hardship.
- Andrew Tillett
July
Le Pen set to fall short of French majority: polls
Two polls show that Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally party will not secure an absolute majority in the second round of French elections.
- James Regan
May
Musk triumphs over Australian government on stabbing videos
The ruling raises questions about whether the eSafety Commission has sufficient powers to do its job or if it bungled its case against Elon Musk’s X.
- Nick Bonyhady
January
- Opinion
- Leadership lessons
A new global gender divide is emerging
Young men and young women’s world views are pulling apart. The consequences could be far-reaching.
- John Burn-Murdoch
December 2023
- Opinion
- Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Violence against West Bank Palestinians is getting worse
An upsurge in attacks coincides with the coming to power of the most right-wing government in Israeli history.
- Dana El Kurd
November 2023
Antisemitism was rising online. Then Elon Musk’s X supercharged it
The billionaire plays a uniquely potent role in the spate of hate flourishing across the internet, experts say.
- Elizabeth Dwoskin, Taylor Lorenz, Naomi Nix and Joseph Menn
- Opinion
- Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Activists should know they are marching to destroy Israel
No Palestinian leader would survive conceding to a two-state solution. Most Palestinians want Israel eliminated.
- Alexander Downer
Israel displays tunnel shaft at Gaza hospital, says it will let in some fuel
As troops searched al-Shifa Hospital for a third day, Israel said it would allow limited shipments of fuel to the enclave to avoid epidemics.
- Philip P. Pan, Patrick Kingsley and Thomas Fuller
October 2023
- Analysis
- Israeli-Palestinian conflict
How war in Israel stirs up Europe’s cocktail of divisions
Antisemitism, Islamic extremism, Islamophobia, far-right violence: these combustible cross-currents are sowing fear in Jewish communities and terror in Belgium.
- Hans van Leeuwen
June 2023
Display and sale of Nazi symbols to be banned
New criminal offences will be created before the end of the year, banning trade in any insignia associated with Adolf Hitler’s regime.
- Tom McIlroy
March 2023
Dutton challenges Albanese to ban Nazi symbols after Victorian rally
Peter Dutton has called on Anthony Albanese to ban Nazi symbols as Victorian Liberal MP Moira Deeming faces expulsion from the parliamentary party room.
- Andrew Tillett and Gus McCubbing
Liberal MP’s position ‘untenable’ after Nazi rally
Victorian Liberal leader John Pesutto will move to expel outspoken MP Moira Deeming from the parliamentary party over her role in an anti-trans rally.
- Updated
- Gus McCubbing
February 2023
Queensland shootings spur progress on national firearms register
ASIO director-general Mike Burgess briefed Friday’s meeting of national cabinet about the rising threat of right-wing extremism in Australia.
- Tom McIlroy
January 2023
Taskforce aims to build back trust in government
Jeni Whalan, formerly of the Ramsay Foundation, will lead a Home Affairs taskforce focused on strengthening democracy and responding to extremism and authoritarianism.
- Tom Burton
Bali bombings ‘more serious than 9/11’, Amanda Vanstone says
Months before the deadly 2002 attacks, the national security committee of cabinet was told there was no evidence Australians were being targeted by terrorists.
- Updated
- Tom McIlroy
December 2022
Germany says 25 arrested on suspicion of planning armed coup
German police said officers conducted raids on 130 sites and arrested far-right extremists “driven by violent coup fantasies and conspiracy ideologies.”
- Updated
- Frank Jordans
February 2022
Ericsson shares crash after CEO says firm may have paid ISIS
Borje Ekholm made the shock admission that ‘unusual expenses’ may have gone to the Islamic terrorist group, sending shares in the telecom plummeting.
- Rafaela Lindeberg