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Evidence from Australia shows the Ardern government’s moves to eliminate certain firearms from New Zealand will improve community safety.
Islam is often seen as a monolithic religion, but this ignores the diversity of the people and their ethnicity and culture.
Groups promoting right wing extremism, like the Antipodean Resistance and the Lads Society, have recently dominated headlines, but they are far from the sum of the extreme right in Australia.
Some commentators argue Islamophobia does not exist. It does, and it’s deadly.
Attacking Erdoğan’s original comments, Morrison told a news conference they were “highly offensive to Australians and highly reckless in this very sensitive environment”.
The recent massacre at a New Zealand mosque is a traceable, direct outgrowth of an American white nationalist movement that insists immigrants and people of color are a threat to ‘white civilization.’
It’s distressing to see reports of terrorist attacks but these feelings will usually abate over days or weeks. But people with a history of trauma need to take extra care of their mental health.
On the day of the Christchurch mosque shootings, several media outlets repeatedly failed the test of necessity in showing graphic footage.
Extreme far right has changed: online platforms now enable ‘in-jokes’ aimed sending up moral outrage help bond supporters online.
It’s time for social media platforms to be more open about how livestreaming works, how it is moderated, and what should happen if or when the rules break down.
When the media genuinely behave badly, this should be called out by politicians. But doing so through the courts is not a good idea, nor conducive to democracy.
Many teenagers may have seen the live footage of the Christchurch shooting. Here are some ways parents and teachers can help them process it.
What can social media platforms do after terrorist attacks?
Until social platforms improve filtering of extremist content, we all have a role to play in ensuring our online activities don’t contribute to a spectacle society that rewards terrorists with clicks.
In his address in the wake of the New Zealand attack, on the theme of managing differences, Morrison said it was not a matter of “disagreeing less, but disagreeing better”.
Globally, Muslims have been by far the most victimised group by terrorism in the post-9/11 era.
The Senate doesn’t have the power to throw him out, but it would be a bad course anyway, setting an unfortunate precedent as well as making him a martyr in the eyes of the extreme right.
There is deep sadness in the Christchurch attacks, but little shock. We need to address the permissive political environment that allows such hateful extremism to be promulgated so openly.
The short answer is no. But the longer answer is that it has a complicated history (and the best remedy remains at the ballot box).
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Professor of Law, Auckland University of Technology
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Professor of Law, University of Waikato
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Distinguished Professor, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University
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Senior Lecturer, New Zealand Institute for Security and Crime Science, University of Waikato
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Director, Institute for Governance and Policy Studies, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Associate Professor, Cultural Anthropology, Australian National University
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Director of the Roy McKenzie Centre for the Study of Families and Children, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Professor of Diversity and University Director of Diversity, Auckland University of Technology
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Associate Professor in Urban Geography, University of Sydney
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