Home Affairs has flagged concern over the growing amount of Nazi memorabilia and other goods with violent extremist imagery entering Australia as it warned extremists were moving to new online platforms.
Items bearing Nazi imagery continue to pour into Australia more than six months into a national ban on the symbols, the Department of Home Affairs says. In its submission to a parliamentary inquiry into right-wing extremist movements in Australia, the department said Australian Border Force had observed "an increasing volume of goods" with imagery linked to nationalist and racist violent extremism groups — with Nazi symbols of particular concern.
also said extremists were increasingly using encrypted messaging platforms in a bid to avoid detection. "The changing nature of terrorism is shaped by global events, emerging technologies, and broader social trends that include online radicalisation and the growth of extreme views, conspiracies and grievances,"
wrote in its submission. Director-General Mike Burgess told the National Press Club in April that end-to-end encryption used by some messaging platforms — stops data from being read or secretly modified while being transferred between devices — was hampering the spy agency's ability to target extremists. This is despite Australian laws introduced in 2018 that were designed to force tech companies to help law enforcement agencies access encrypted messages.
and AFP officials on Wednesday about how violent extremism is being tackled and the threat it poses to Australia. The Islamophobia Register Australia and the Human Rights Commission are also set to give evidence about extremists at the hearing.
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