Far-right extremism is on the rise in Victoria, putting marginalised groups at risk of violence, a new report has found.
The report urges the Victorian government to be vigilant against the threat of far-right radicalisation in the context of the pandemic.
It found extremist ideology wasn't the primary motivating factor for the majority of those attending. Instead, it pointed to personal grievances over the impact of the restrictions.'Myopic' focus on extremism hurting monitoring of far-right movement, Victorian inquiry told Other factors such as misinformation, conspiracy theories peddled on social media and the normalisation of anti-immigration rhetoric in mainstream media have put vulnerable people at risk of radicalisation and made them more susceptible to racist narratives.
It also called for public funding for research into the links between far-right extremism, family violence and anti-women sentiment to establish counter-extremism measures.
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