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What follows is a collection of news articles the White Rose Society made some contributions to.
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VIDEO: The disturbing rise of the far-right movement in Australia, David Estcourt, ABC 7:30, 13 November 2024
Neo-Nazi leader Thomas Sewell says he could 'become a terrorist' as far right rhetoric escalates and movement grows, David Estcourt, Mike Lorigan and Alysia Thomas-Sam, ABC News, 13 November 2024
Concerning escalation in far-right rhetoric, David Estcourt, ABC AM, 13 November 2024
Labor bill proposes up to seven years’ jail for doxing but drops promised new hate speech laws, Paul Karp, The Guardian, 11 Sep 2024
Teen on terror charge filmed approach to MP's office, Alex Mitchell and Samantha Lock, Illawarra Mercury, 27 June 2024
Extreme far-right movement targeting more recruits in Geelong, Mark Murray, Geelong Advertiser, 6 August 2024
Firebomb, Crispian Chan & Alex Mann, Unravel Podcast, 1 August 2024
Revealed: the tech entrepreneur behind a pro-Israel hate network, Jason Wilson, The Guardian, 29 June 2024
Anthony Albanese says teen charged over an alleged terror plot threatened his family, AAP/SBS, 28 June 2024
‘I will be actually doing my attack’: Terror teen’s alleged manifesto, Jessica McSweeney and Perry Duffin, Sydney Morning Herald, 27 June 2024
NDIS screening in question following worker’s ties to neo-Nazi group, Julie Cross, Herald Sun, 1 June 2024
Sydney stabbing incidents stoke Islamophobia, antisemitism as social tensions in Australia unravel, Su-Lin Tan, South China Morning Post, 20 April 2024
Benjamin Cohen was falsely accused of the Bondi Junction stabbings. Here's how the lie spread around the world, Kevin Nguyen and Michael Workman, ABC, 15 April 2024
Anti far-right campaigners say Labor’s anti-doxing laws could be weaponised, Josh Taylor, The Guardian, 11 April 2024
Self-described ‘nationalist’ speaks at anti-trans rights rally on Victoria parliament steps, Benita Kolovos, The Guardian, 25 March 2024
A Pro-Israel Group Is Trying to Intimidate Palestine Protesters With Claims of ‘Infiltration’, Clare Hymer, Novara Media, 1 March 2024
Ralph Babet: Victorian federal senator erupts after he was 'tricked' into posing for a photo with neo-Nazi, Freddy Pawle, Daily Mail, 18 February 2024
Pro-Israel ‘surveillance’ group turning attention to Australia, leaked posts show, Christopher Knaus and Ariel Bogle, The Guardian, 29 January 2024
Neo-Nazi rallies in Sydney a publicity stunt to boost their profile, experts say, Ariel Bogle, The Guardian, 29 January 2024
‘Calling all white Australians’: Neo-Nazis push to radicalise and recruit Qlders Courier Mail, 11 January 2024
The judge in the Lehrmann defamation trial wants to identify a troll. We got to him first, Nick McKenzie and David Swan, Sydney Morning Herald, 22 December 2023
New footage and audio experts raise further doubts about Sydney Opera House protest video, Cam Wilson, Crikey, 19 December 2023
Why it’s so hard to stop neo-Nazi public hate parades, Simone Fox Koob, The Age, 12 November 2023
Notorious Neo-Nazis likely architects of 'menacing' video directed at Lidia Thorpe, Kevin Nguyen and Pat McGrath, ABC, 11 October 2023
Australian Croatian Club back in the spotlight after portrait of WWII fascist Ante Pavelić inadvertantly included in soccer team photograph, Jade Toomey, ABC, 20 September 2023
The ugly emergence of racism within the Voice debate, & 'Podcaster with history of racially abusing Indigenous Australians featured at conference chaired by Warren Mundine', Patrick Begley, Emily Jane Smith, ABC, 19 September 2023
‘Heil Ben’: Neo-Nazi Thomas Sewell praises war criminal Ben Roberts-Smith, David Estcourt, The Age, 4 August 2023
Croatian sporting clubs with fascist links promised millions in public money, Simone Fox Koob and Ben Schneiders, The Age, 31 July 2023
Fascism will fall when action speaks louder than words, Tom Tanuki, Independent Australia, 29 July 2023
Tasmanian neo-Nazi group’s disturbing acts exposed, News.com.au, 29 July 2023
Alt-Right Troll “Kaspa” Revealed: Kasandra Mileusnic of Angle Vale, Australia, Anonymous Comrades Collective, 10 July 2023
Elon Musk’s Twitter took days to remove resurfaced Christchurch shooter footage, Cam Wilson, Crikey, 4 July 2023
Disturbing neo-nazi recruitment flyers distributed in Brisbane letterboxes, Shaye Windsor, Courier Mail, 8 June 2023
‘Breadcrumbing’: How Melbourne’s neo-Nazis target political causes to garner support, David Estcourt, The Age, 20 May 2023
US neo-Nazi accused of sniper plot appears to have shared instructions with Australian far-right figures, Joey Watson, The Guardian, 17 April 2023
Faces of hate: Melbourne Nazi salute protesters outed as part of disturbing far-right group, News.com.au, 1 April 2023
Messages show neo-Nazis active in Tasmania as insignia, salute ban passed, David Killick, The Mercury, 30 March 2023
'Not here to cause trouble’: Christian leader’s warning prior to brutal clash, Rebecca Borg, News.com.au, 28 March 2023
Senior neo-Nazi slips out of Australia to fight Russian army, Nick McKenzie and Anthony Galloway, Sydney Morning Herald, 23 March 2023
Activists expose disturbing past of young Aussie neo-Nazi, news.com.au, 20 March 2023
Victoria to ban Nazi salute after ‘disgusting’ scenes at anti-trans protest, Adeshola Ore, The Guardian, 20 March 2023
Anti-trans rally speakers are falsely claiming neo-Nazi supporters were undercover police, trans activists, Cam Wilson, Crikey News, 20 March 2023
Soldiers of hate: Army investigates neo-Nazis in its ranks, Nick McKenzie, Sydney Morning Herald, 18 March 2023
Queensland to ban Nazi swastika tattoos as part of crackdown on hate symbols, Eden Gillespie, The Guardian, 16 March 2023
This can’t stand’: Hateful neo-Nazi messages left in Brisbane letterboxes, Zach Hope, Brisbane Times, 10 January2023
Exposed: Dallas Humber, Narrator Of Neo-Nazi ‘Terrorgram,’ Promoter Of Mass Shootings, Christopher Mathias, Huffpost, 2 March 2023
Here's The Gore Artist Turning Terrorgram Manuals and Manifestos Into Audiobooks, SoCal Research Club and Michael Boorman, Left Coast Right Watch, 1 March 2023
Leaked Chats, Documents Show Atomwaffen Founder's Path To Terror Plot, Hannah Gais and Jason Wilson, SPLC Hatewatch, 23 February 2023
Why are fascist, Nazi and racist bands still being booked to tour Australia in 2023?, Ben Hillier, Blunt Mag, 9 January 2023
Promoters cancel Australia tour of Norwegian metal band Taake, accused of far-right sympathies, Mike Hohnen, The Guardian, 6 January 2023
Amongst Us – Neo-Nazi Australia (Documentary), Nick McKenzie, Stan, 2022
Inside the Melbourne boxing gym with a neo-Nazi underbelly, David Estcourt, The Age, 24 December 2022
'Part of war is terror': A new neo-Nazi group is trying to capitalize on the Moore County power grid attack, Jordan Green, Raw Story, 19 December 2022
Queensland shootings a ‘wake-up call’ for the nation, George Hyde, The New Daily, 14 December 2022
Recruiter for neo-Nazi terror group the Base released to home detention in North Carolina, Jordan Green, Raw Story, 12 December 2022
Victorian Liberals preference anti-Semitic, white supremacist candidate ahead of Labor, Cam Wilson, Crikey, 22 November 2022
Aryan Compartmented Elements and Michael “Doc Grimson” Brown Exposed, Corvallis Antifascists, 21 November 2022
Minor party candidate who called for Daniel Andrews to be hanged preferenced ahead of Labor by Liberals, Richard Willingham, ABC, 16 November 2022
Neo-Nazi allegedly extorts Melbourne pub owner after barman spits in beer, David Estcourt & Nick McKenzie, The Age, 11 August 2022
Inside Australia’s ‘terrorgram’: How neo-Nazism spreads in our cities, Nick McKenzie, Sydney Morning Herald, 4 August 2022
Prominent Burnie City Council candidate Jarrod Boys linked to neo-fascist group Proud Boys, Joshua Peach, The Examiner, 12 July 2022
‘I am not a Nazi’: Liberal Democrats candidate ‘deeply regrets’ white supremacist Facebook posts, Eden Gillespie, The Guardian, 8 May 2022
Neo-Nazi unmasked as former Young Liberal, Nick McKenzie, The Age, 12 February 2022
How private Telegram channel 'IM Packs' created a black market for Ivermectin in Australia, Ahmed Yussuf and Pat McGrath, ABC Investigations, 29 October 2021
Fears of neo-Nazis in military ranks after ex-soldier’s passport cancelled, Nick McKenzie and Joel Tozer, The Age, 22 August 2021
Political ambitions and anti-lockdown protests: How neo-Nazis seek to spread influence, Nick McKenzie and Joel Tozer, The Age, 17 August 2021
Inside Racism HQ: How home-grown neo-Nazis are plotting a white revolution, Nick McKenzie and Joel Tozer, The Sydney Morning Herald, 16 August 2021
Nazis Next Door, 60 Minutes Episode 26, Nick McKenzie and Joel Tozer, 15 August 2021
The Base Tapes | Part 2, Alex Mann and Kevin Nguyen, ABC Background Briefing, 4 April 2021
Former New Guard insider reveals neo-Nazi group's recruitment tactics, Alex Mann and Kevin Nguyen, ABC Background Briefing, 2 April 2021
The Base Tapes | Part 1, Alex Mann and Kevin Nguyen, ABC Background Briefing, 28 March 2021
From One Nation to Nazism: Australians being drawn into extremism, Nick McKenzie, Jason Wilson, Joel Tozer and Heather McNeill, The Sydney Morning Herald, 27 March 2021
ASIO shouldn't be expected to fix our far-right extremism problems, Tom Tanuki, Independent Australia, 27 March 2021
The Base Tapes: Inside a neo-nazi recruitment drive in Australia, Alex Mann and Kevin Nguyen, ABC Background Briefing, 26 March 2021
Where 'freedom' meets the far-right: the hate messages infiltrating Australian anti-lockdown protests, Michael McGowan, The Guardian, 26 March 2021
US neo-Nazi group recruits young Australians, secret recordings reveal, Nick McKenzie, Jason Wilson, Joel Tozer and Heather McNeill, The Sydney Morning Herald, 26 March 2021
Accused Neo-Nazi Terrorist's Account Posted Threatening Videos of Him Armed in Public, Ben Makuch, Vice News, 4 March 2021
The Base: Exporting Accelerationist Terror, Jason Wilson, Southern Poverty Law Centre, 12 August 2020
Why Australia's spies think the far right could find a foothold during coronavirus, Mario Christodoulou, ABC Background Briefing, 14 June 2020
Why Australian white supremacists and neo-Nazis are 'delighted' with the coronavirus outbreak, Jarni Blakkarly, SBS, 21 April 2020
TRUE OPINION: On the anniversary of Christchurch, thank your anti-fascist researchers, Tom Tanuki, True Crime News Weekly, 14 March 2020
Resisting the Call of Nativism, What U.S. Political Parties Can Learn From Other Democracies, Rachel Kleinfeld and John Dickas, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 5 March 2020
Leaked 'security guidelines' reveals neo-Nazi plans to avoid detection, Thomas Manch and Florence Kerr, Stuff, 10 March 2020
Action Zealandia Member Planned Terror Cell, Marc Daalder, Newsroom, 9 March 2020
Sweep of arrests hits US neo-Nazi group connected to five murders, Jason Wilson, The Guardian, 6 March 2020
New Threat Made Against Christchurch Mosque, Marc Daalder, Newsroom, 2 March 2020
Prepping for a race war: documents reveal inner workings of neo-Nazi group, Jason Wilson, The Guardian, 25 January 2020
White-bred terrorist: the making of a killer, Nick O'Malley, Tim Barlass and Patrick Begley, The Sydney Morning Herald, 10 August 2019
Exposing the Far-Right in Australia: An Interview with the White Rose Society, Paul Gregoire, Sydney Criminal Lawyers, 13 June 2019
Bob Katter pledges alliegance to far-right group but dismisses it as 'larrikinism', Jason Wilson, The Guardian, 9 June 2019
Alt-right Facebook memes pushed anti-Labor message, Nigel Gladstone and Max Koslowski, The Sydney Morning Herald, 26 May 2019
Married to the Alt-Right, Elise Worthington, ABC Investigations and Alex Tighe, ABC, 23 May 2019
'Swastika cupcakes': private chats of neo-Nazis who stacked Young Nats, Patrick Begley, The Sydney Morning Herald, 23 May 2019
Australia's Federal Elections and Far-Right Normalisation, guest article by The White Rose Society, Hope Not Hate UK, 17 May 2019
Threats from white extremist group that 'tried to recruit Tarrant', Patrick Begley, The Sydney Morning Herald, 2 May 2019
Shitposting to the Senate: How the alt-right infiltrated Parliament, Alex Mann, ABC Background Briefing, 21 April 2019
Alt-right to release 'avalanche' of election campaign propaganda to help Fraser Anning, Alex Mann and Benjamin Sveen, ABC Background Briefing, ABC, 18 April 2019
Christchurch shooting accused Brenton Tarrant supports Australian far-right figure Blair Cottrell, Alex Mann, Kevin Nguyen and Katherine Gregory, ABC Background Briefing, 23 March 2019
Young Nationals resign after ABC investigation reveals alt-right push, Alex Mann, ABC, 31 October 2018
NSW Nationals identify 18 people of interest in extreme alt-right probe, Kathleen Calderwood, ABC, 23 October 2018
Haircuts and Hate, Alex Mann, ABC Background Briefing, 14 October 2018 Update 21 March 2019