Satire has long been a friend to those wishing to expose the absurdities inherent in extremist ideologies. During the 1930s, British fascists were lampooned by the literary satire of P.G. Wodehouse, Nancy Mitford and Joseph …
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Last week witnessed a milestone in Australia’s fight against terrorism when Hamdi al Qudsi was sentenced to prison for eight years, with a non-parole minimum of six, for facilitating foreign fighter travel from Australia to …
Terrorist attacks by Islamic State (ISIS) affiliates and sympathisers over the past year have raised alarms in Europe, but they’ve not yet reached the frequency Europe experienced in the 1970s, according to the Global Terrorism Database. However, …
Last week’s confirmation that Australian Islamic State member, Neil Prakash, had been killed in a US air strike has been greeted as a cause for optimism in the war against the terrorist group. But what’s …
The Beat Australian fugitive reappears When his bank Nugan Hand collapsed and his associate Frank Nugan was found dead in 1980, Michael Hand disappeared and a coroner concluded that he’d died. However, one of Australia’s …