Australia's terrorism threat level has been raised for the first time since 2014. This time, authorities are worried about a diverse range of extreme ideologies.
If you think you know what a Nazi in Australia looks like, you may be surprised at the evolution of modern extremist groups. Dr Troy Whitford of Charles Sturt University has studied far-right and far-left groups in Australia and says both extremist ideologies had changed their focus and methods over time, and in the case of the far right, even their looks.
30 that someone involved in a recent incident referenced both the far-left 'Antifa' movement and neo-Nazis, something he says "defies logic" but was based on violence. But Whitford said the mix of ideologies wasn't necessarily a surprise because both far-left and far-right thinking, when taken to extremes, is about strict control. "Totalitarianism doesn't have to be left or right ," he said.
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