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Fascism past and present:  Francis de Groot of the New Guard is arrested at the opening of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, March 19, 1932; Neo-Nazi Thomas Sewell is arrested outside a Melbourne court in early September. 

The night Australian fascism should have died of embarrassment

Sensible Australians recoil from the sight of neo-Nazis marching in city streets. But fascism once attracted a secret army across country Victoria and in the heart of Sydney.

  • Tony Wright

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 Police arrest a man in Weir Views.

Man arrested after shots fired at police during siege in Melbourne’s west

A siege has ended after armed police arrested a man who allegedly shot at officers before barricading himself in a stranger’s home with a man and a toddler.

  • Alex Crowe
Whistleblower David McBride addresses the media at a doorstop interview as he exits court in Canberra on Thursday 13 June 2019. fedpol Photo:

What does an ex-soldier’s war crime charge mean for whistleblowers?

A soldier accused of war crime will face trial only after the man who helped expose crimes by ADF personnel, whistleblower David McBride, faces court.

  • Amber Schultz

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