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Strengthening Australian policy to counter violent extremism
Posted By Anthony Bergin on February 10, 2015 @ 12:15
The Living Safe Together program has just $1 million to disperse among Muslim community groups to come forward with ideas for "helping individuals move away from violent extremism", with grants up to a maximum $50,000 and for one year only, with no promise of future funding…[T]he Lebanese Muslim Association is saying little about the reasons for its effective boycott of the program…But one source says the paltry funding for this latest initiative and lack of ongoing financial commitment from Canberra were key factors.
The Arab Council Australia…is assessing this latest proposal with some scepticism. "There needs to be a level of sustainability, not just piecemeal projects that begin and end within 12 months," chief executive Randa Kattan says. "We are madly researching this to see what might work ...but we are really hoping that the government will have more of a holistic approach in delivering wrap-around services that would make a difference to the community, rather than piecemeal services in silos."
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[1] Image: http://www.aspistrategist.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/8168644501_6d58f6ed0a_z.jpg
[2] points out: http://www.theage.com.au/nsw/reaching-out-to-radicals-government-needs-to-build-better-bridges-to-counter-violent-extremism-20150130-131sl4.html
[3] Curbing Radicalisation Through Youth Resilience and Community Partnerships Project: http://www.vass.org.au/curbing-radicalisation-through-youth-resilience-and-community-partnerships-project-conclusion/
[4] White House Summit: http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2015/01/11/statement-press-secretary-white-house-summit-countering-violent-extremis
[5] Britain’s Channel program: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/118194/channel-guidance.pdf
[6] by Tobias Feakin in his blog post: http://www.aspistrategist.org.au/countering-radicalisation-pulling-people-back-from-the-brink/
[7] considers: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/channel-vulnerability-assessment
[8] Report Online Extremism campaign: https://www.reportextremism.livingsafetogether.gov.au
[9] agreed: http://www.attorneygeneral.gov.au/Mediareleases/Pages/2015/FirstQuarter/7February2015-FiveCountryMinisterialCommunique.aspx
[10] needs to be done collaboratively with our Muslim communities: https://www.aspi.org.au/publications/fighting-fire-with-fire-target-audience-responses-to-online-anti-violence-campaigns/Fight_fire_long_paper_web.pdf
[11] Anthony Bergin: https://www.aspi.org.au/about-aspi/aspi-staff/executive/anthony-bergin
[12] Joe Shlabotnik: https://www.flickr.com/photos/joeshlabotnik/8168644501