What Is Extremism and How We Decide
Australia’s hate‑law debate turns to defining extremism amid rising protests.
The Conversation tackles how Australia’s new hate‑speech laws and the March for Australia rallies (26 Jan 2026) force a clearer definition of extremism. The article notes that the Australian counter‑terrorism strategy classifies violent extremism as ‘acts or support for violence to achieve social, political or legal outcomes’. It contrasts this with the UK’s Prevent policy, which broadens extremism to include the promotion of ideologies that undermine democratic values. Recent incidents—one man charged with inciting racial hatred against Jewish people, another accused of throwing a bomb at a Perth Invasion Day rally—illustrate the lines politicians, including Pauline Hanson’s One Nation party, and extremists are pushing. The piece urges a nuanced, evidence‑based approach to labeling behaviour as extremist rather than a catch‑all buzzword.
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