The changing face of terrorism

The Iranian revolution installed an Islamic regime which funded and transformed global terrorism, replacing left‑wing radicalism with religious fundamentalism.

Lone wolves in Australia

The Islamic State has been defeated in Iraq but lone-wolves inspired by its radical ideology continue to launch “lone-wolf” terrorist attacks around the world.

A week after Bondi

The Bondi massacre has narrowed the moral excuses available to us and we can no longer plead ignorance about where hatred leads.

Too little, too late?

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced a suite of legislative and other action to combat antisemitism including new measures against hate speech and extra power to reject visas, but is it too little, too late?

Bringing it all back home

The Bondi atrocity remind us how quickly the political landscape can change and how Australia’s increasingly multi-cultural society now reflects and replicates the problems of the world, rather than offering a haven from them.

Never again

The worst terrorist attack on Australian soil specifically targeted Jewish Australians after two years of rising anti-semitism and a royal commission is required to ensure such an atrocity never happens again.

Australia’s stress test

The dreadful terrorist attack at Bondi Beach on Sunday should be understood not only as an act of violence against Sydney’s Jewish community but as a stress test of Australia’s security, social and policy systems.

A long time coming

The terrorist attacks which murdered 15 people at Bondi beach came after huge increase in online antisemitism in the wake of the Hamas terrorist attack on Israel two years ago.

The inhumanity of human shields

Foreign Minister Penny Wong was right to champion a new declaration for the protection of humanitarian personnel at the U.N. but the initiative will only be effective if it tackles the threat posed by Hamas, Hezbollah and other terrorist groups who use aid workers and other civilians as human shields.

Who takes charge of terrorism?

The terror threat level in Australia has been raised to ‘probable’, but the government responsibilities for managing the threat has become increasingly muddled.

Threat level – Probable

Australia’s terrorism threat level has been raised to ‘probable’ —indicating that the level of risk of a terror attack is greater than 50 percent in the next 12 months.

Victim-blaming, manipulation, and denial

Terrorists justify their violent actions and influence public perceptions of harm and agency by manipulating language according to a new Charles Darwin University study.