Australia is home to branches of right-wing extremist groups listed as terrorist organisations by our global intelligence allies but not here, leaving us “quite far behind” a growing threat, Federal Labor says. Picture: Mick Tsikas/AAPBut Labor Senator Kristina Keneally argues the country is yet to have a “proper conversation” about the extent to which Christchurch mosque gunman and white supremacist Brenton Tarrant was radicalised by right-wing extremist groups in Australia. She noted our Five Eyes intelligence allies – New Zealand, Canada, the US and the UK – have all listed right-wing groups as designated terrorist entities or proscribed terrorist organisations. “These online forums share and promote extremist right-wing ideologies, and encourage and justify acts of extreme violence,” Mr Burgess said. “While we would expect any right-wing extremist inspired attack in Australia to be low capability, i.e.

Source: The Herald September 11, 2020 04:18 UTC