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Reverberations from overseas conflicts drive extremism

Reverberations from overseas conflicts drive extremism

Conflicts in the Middle East are fuelling an increase in extremist material being accessed in Australia and the need for more widespread deradicalisation.

Clothing helps identify more childcare abuse victims

Clothing helps identify more childcare abuse victims

Clothing helps identify more childcare abuse victims

Clothing helps identify more childcare abuse victims

Confronting images of children's clothing released by police have helped identify further alleged victims of a former childcare worker.

Blurred extremist ideologies challenging intervention

Blurred extremist ideologies challenging intervention

Blurred extremist ideologies challenging intervention

Blurred extremist ideologies challenging intervention

Violent extremism is increasingly driven by mixed and unstable belief systems rather than clear-cut ideologies, a royal commission has heard.

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'Should we kill him?': chilling taunt in e-bike attack

'Should we kill him?': chilling taunt in e-bike attack

Two youths carrying machetes have taunted their victim, questioning whether to kill him after stealing his $10,000 e-bike, as police search for the culprits.

Teen's charges upgraded over beloved shop owner's death

Teen's charges upgraded over beloved shop owner's death

A suburban community has been plunged into mourning following the death of a shop owner as police upgrade charges against a teenage boy.

Cop rejects calls to leave hate preachers in the open

Cop rejects calls to leave hate preachers in the open

An unnamed police commander rejects warnings tougher action against hate preachers would make them harder to monitor at a high-level probe.

Scandal-hit DNA laboratory audits hundreds of cases

Scandal-hit DNA laboratory audits hundreds of cases

A scandal-plagued DNA lab is auditing hundreds of criminal cases after finding widespread statement errors prompting another review.

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Toddler survives siege in shattered outback town

Toddler survives siege in shattered outback town

Toddler survives siege in shattered outback town

Toddler survives siege in shattered outback town

Two adults are dead, and a young child has survived a terrifying overnight siege that locked down an outback town and left a tight-knit community in mourning.

Aboriginal police officers claim racism in class action

Aboriginal police officers claim racism in class action

Aboriginal police officers claim racism in class action

Aboriginal police officers claim racism in class action

Lawyers for current and former Aboriginal community police officers have filed a class action alleging racial discrimination and vilification in the force.

Former neo-Nazi labels brotherhood 'a load of lies'

Former neo-Nazi labels brotherhood 'a load of lies'

Former neo-Nazi labels brotherhood 'a load of lies'

Former neo-Nazi labels brotherhood 'a load of lies'

An ex-neo-Nazi has revealed what saved him from extremism, as experts warn online grievance movements can radicalise young Australians.

Neo-Nazi rally abhorrent but legally grey, top cop says

Neo-Nazi rally abhorrent but legally grey, top cop says

Neo-Nazi rally abhorrent but legally grey, top cop says

Neo-Nazi rally abhorrent but legally grey, top cop says

Police could not lawfully stop a neo-Nazi rally outside NSW parliament despite its explicit aims, a royal commission probing anti-Semitism has been told.

Young man with school shooting plans to walk from jail

Young man with school shooting plans to walk from jail

Young man with school shooting plans to walk from jail

Young man with school shooting plans to walk from jail

A judge has criticised prosecutors for lengthy delays as he abruptly sentenced an eccentric man viewed as "unlikely to act out" his school shooting plans.

Suburban raids net crossbows, guns and battle axes

Suburban raids net crossbows, guns and battle axes

Suburban raids net crossbows, guns and battle axes

Suburban raids net crossbows, guns and battle axes

Two suburban raids have uncovered an array of weapons, including guns, crossbows and knuckledusters, with three men facing a slew of serious charges.

Hundreds seized in first month of e-bike crackdown

Hundreds seized in first month of e-bike crackdown

Hundreds seized in first month of e-bike crackdown

Hundreds seized in first month of e-bike crackdown

Almost 1000 fines have been handed out by police in the first month of a statewide crackdown on super-powered e-bikes and people riding while drunk.

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Federal arts body can't terminate artists over conduct

Artistic works that breach workplace safety and anti-discrimination laws can be cut off from funding, but not individuals, a government arts body says.

Labor MP to fight assault charges amid court case

A Labor politician in the Top End has vowed to fight allegations he assaulted an official, amid growing calls for the federal MP to step aside.

Preschool to uni: envoy wants anti-Semitism education

Targeted education from preschool to university is essential to change embedded hateful views, the envoy tasked with combating anti-Semitism says.

Three family members killed in blaze with cause unknown

A house fire has claimed the lives of a father, mother and son whose bodies were found in a granny flat at the rear of an outer suburban property.

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Health watchdog rejects anti-Semitism definition fears

Practitioners are being assured by the health regulator they won't be censored under new guidelines based on a controversial definition of anti-Semitism.

Man shot after police officer stabbed in the neck

Police have praised the courage of officers who confronted a man armed with a knife, leading to a female officer being stabbed and the man being shot.

'Bike boy' accused of trying to take car with children

An accused pantless carjacker once involved in a notorious crash with a former premier is seeking to be released on bail to attend rehab.

No bail as grenades, guns found in suburban safehouse

A man is staying in prison after police uncovered six grenades, eight firearms and a multi-million-dollar stash of drugs in an alleged suburban safehouse.

'No stone unturned': search for baby's body to continue

Rough conditions have restricted the search for a baby boy believed to have fallen into the ocean, in a tragedy that claimed the lives of his mother and sister.

Jewish public servants fearful of 'outing' themselves

The public service at all levels of government has been called out at an anti-Semitism inquiry for lacking the ability to consider Jewish workers.

Police reject proposal to arm private security groups

Allowing certain groups such as Jewish security organisations to carry guns risked the appearance of favouritism, an anti-Semitism inquiry has been told.

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