Anne Urquhart (Tasmania, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

At the request of Senator Keneally, I move:

That the Senate—

(a) notes that:

(i) there has been a significant increase in far-right extremism in Australia,

(ii) far-right extremism is often cultivated through its overlap with various conspiracy theories, which have become a common tool to radicalise individuals through misinformation on social media, and

(iii) far-right extremism tears apart the social fabric of Australia's multicultural community;

(b) condemns:

(i) the Members for Hughes and Dawson for promoting a range of conspiracy theories and misinformation campaigns relating to COVID-19, climate change, voter fraud and 'false flag' operations in the United States,

(ii) the National Socialist Network, an Australian neo-Nazi organisation which caused fear amongst communities in the Grampians on both Australia Day and International Holocaust Remembrance Day, and

(iii) other far-right extremist groups which seek to promote fascism and bigotry in our community;

(c) expresses its support for the many multicultural and First Nations Australians who are vilified by far-right extremists; and

(d) calls on the Prime Minister and Minister for Home Affairs to take action to combat the spread of far-right extremism within their party and in the broader community.