AFP Commissioner Reece Kershaw said he was troubled by the rise of threats against politicians.

‘Extreme violence’:Threats against politicians soar

Female politicians face especially troubling threats of sexual violence in the increasingly febrile political environment,the AFP chief has said.

  • Matthew Knott

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Teen who murdered mother planned to form anti-communist child army,court told

A prosecutor told the Supreme Court the then-15-year-old and his 14-year-old school friend texted each other over their desire to kill their parents and take over the country.

  • Erin Pearson
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton in Melbourne earlier on Monday.

Dutton wants referendum on giving politicians ability to deport dual citizens

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton and his senior MPs have held high-level talks about a referendum on powers to strip citizenship for dual nationals who commit serious crimes.

  • Paul Sakkal
The Australian Islamic House Masjid

Teen charged over alleged mass shooting threats against new Sydney mosque

The alleged threat referencing the massacre in Christchurch was left on the Instagram page of the Australian Islamic House Masjid.

  • Sally Rawsthorne andAmber Schultz
The AfD,now the second-largest party in the German government,is on a similar electoral trajectory to Hitler’s Nazi Party.

Echoes of 1930s Europe grow ever louder. We ignore them at our peril

The far right is on the march again in Germany. The parallels with the rise of Hitler almost a century ago are everywhere.

  • Dennis Glover
Steve Bannon speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference.

French far-right leader cancels speech after Bannon gives ‘Nazi salute’

Steve Bannon said his gesture was just a “wave” of thanks,and accused National Rally leader Jordan Bardella of “wetting his pants like a little child”.

  • Michael Koziol
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The rest of the decade will be even worse:ASIO boss issues dire terror threat warning

ASIO boss Mike Burgess has declassified a previously secret analysis to reveal the nation has never confronted so many serious threats at once.

  • Matthew Knott
Candles and flowers are placed at the site of stabbing a day after an attack that left a 14-year-old dead and five others injured.

Austrian knife attack suspect radicalised himself on TikTok within three months,officials say

The case highlights the challenge of preventing so-called lone-wolf attacks,when an attacker acts without outside help.

  • Francois Murphy
Jacob Hersant,in black and red T-shirt,and others conduct fitness drills in Elwood

White supremacist bootcamp takes over Elwood beach

It looked like any other park fitness bootcamp. But they were white supremacists.

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Crime gangs attempted to use caravan explosives for leverage over police

The blast material discovered in the caravan was up to 40 years old,a key clue about the origins of the plot.

  • David Crowe andPerry Duffin