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August 2026 Newsletter
AVERT's August 2026 newsletter: submissions to the INSLM, NSW Legislative Assembly and Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion, Associate Professor Keiran Hardy announced as incoming Convenor, the week-long 25th anniversary of 9/11 event series, and the 2026 Research Symposium call for proposals.
7 September 2026
Registrations Now Open: AVERT National Research Symposium 2026
Update (12 October 2026): Registrations are now closed. Thank you to everyone who has registered for the 2026 AVERT National Research Symposium. Please note that registering does n…
26 August 2026
Legacies of 9/11: AVERT announces 25th anniversary event series
To mark the 25th anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks, the AVERT Research Network is presenting Legacies of 9/11: 25 Years of Changing Global Security — a week-long se…
20 July 2026
AVERT National Research Symposium 2026: Youth and Extremism
Update (12 October 2026): Registrations are now closed. Thank you to everyone who has registered for the 2026 AVERT National Research Symposium. Please note that registering does n…
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26–27 November 2026
NEW LOCATION: Cliftons, Level 3, 10 Spring St, Sydney NSW 2000
AVERT National Research Symposium 2026
Registrations are now closed for AVERT's 2026 National Research Symposium, Youth and Extremism: Thresholds, Interventions, Connections, taking place 26–27 November 2026 at Cliftons, Level 3, 10 Spring St, Sydney NSW 2000. Thank you to everyone who registered — registrants will receive an email shortly confirming the outcome of their registration.
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Violence without a ‘why’ — a shocking online terror network reaches South Africa
This article was first published by Daily Maverick. Read the original article.
Royal commission report doesn't help us start making sense of Bondi terror attack
Justice Virginia Bell has handed the governor-general her interim findings from the Royal Commission into Antisemitism and Social Cohesion. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese responde…
We can't coerce our way to social cohesion. Here's what else governments should be doing
Last week, Queensland followed the New South Wales and federal parliaments by passing stronger hate crime laws in response to the Bondi terror attack.
Is Australia's terrorism definition still fit for purpose?
With the alleged attempted bombing at Perth's Invasion Day protest now declared a terrorist act, the release of coronial findings into the Bondi Westfield stabbing, and ever-growin…
What is extremism, and how do we decide?
As controversy over Australia's new hate laws continues, last weekend's so-called March for Australia rallies were the latest in a string of events that have raised the temperature…
With its new laws, the government is tackling hate speech quickly, but not properly
On Tuesday, in response to the Bondi terrorist attack and mounting pressure to take strong action, the Albanese government released draft legislation to counter hate crime and stre…
