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Agitator Matt Trihey disrupted a Kooyong candidates’ forum at Kew library on April 23.

‘Private intel’: Inside the far-right group disrupting the election

They came asking politicians “reasonable questions”, but they’re really working with a network of extreme-right agitators.

  • Sherryn Groch

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Storm’s Welcome to Country ‘cancelled’ at last minute, says Indigenous elder

Indigenous groups say they have been left dumbfounded and distressed after the Welcome to Country at Melbourne Storm’s Anzac Day NRL match was cancelled at the last minute.

  • Lachlan Abbott, Brittany Busch, Sherryn Groch and Cassandra Morgan
Police lead away white supremacist Jacob Hersant, who heckled the Welcome to Country at the dawn service at Melbourne’s Shrine of Rememberance.

Bipartisan condemnation: Welcome to Country hecklers’ massive own goal

The Anzac Day incidents serve as a warning to mainstream political parties of the risk of fuelling parts of the culture wars when an emboldened far-right movement is ready to pounce.

  • Natassia Chrysanthos
A touring exhibition for school kids in Russia compares Ukraine with Nazi Germany and describes Australia, the EU and Nordic countries as supporters of Nazism.

Russian children taught Australia ‘supports Nazism’ in propaganda push

The content falsely equates Western military and financial aid to Ukraine with ideological support for Nazism.

  • Rob Harris
Daniel Jones, who runs a self-defence outfit, has posted pictures and videos of himself wielding guns and even rocket launchers online.

Revealed: the far-right agitators who confronted the PM in a hotel lobby

One of the men said people should train “to be able to kill” and posted footage of himself wielding machineguns and rocket launchers.

  • Sherryn Groch
AFP Commissioner Reece Kershaw said he was troubled by the rise of threats against politicians.

‘Extreme violence’: Threats against politicians soar

Female politicians face especially troubling threats of sexual violence in the increasingly febrile political environment, the AFP chief has said.

  • Matthew Knott
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Teen who murdered mother planned to form anti-communist child army, court told

A prosecutor told the Supreme Court the then-15-year-old and his 14-year-old school friend texted each other over their desire to kill their parents and take over the country.

  • Erin Pearson
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton in Melbourne earlier on Monday.

Dutton wants referendum on giving politicians ability to deport dual citizens

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton and his senior MPs have held high-level talks about a referendum on powers to strip citizenship for dual nationals who commit serious crimes.

  • Paul Sakkal
The Australian Islamic House Masjid

Teen charged over alleged mass shooting threats against new Sydney mosque

The alleged threat referencing the massacre in Christchurch was left on the Instagram page of the Australian Islamic House Masjid.

  • Sally Rawsthorne and Amber Schultz
The AfD, now the second-largest party in the German government, is on a similar electoral trajectory to Hitler’s Nazi Party.

Echoes of 1930s Europe grow ever louder. We ignore them at our peril

The far right is on the march again in Germany. The parallels with the rise of Hitler almost a century ago are everywhere.

  • Dennis Glover

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