ANDREW ZAMMIT • September 14, 2021

The brutal stabbing of six people, by an Islamic State supporter in an Auckland mall, has spurred efforts to update New Zealand’s counter-terrorism laws. This is driven by concerns that the tragedy might have been prevented if there had been a specific criminal offence for plotting a terrorist attack.

ANDREW ZAMMIT • August 5, 2021

What forms do Australian connections to Islamic State take, now that the movement has lost its territory in Syria and Iraq? The Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security’s ongoing inquiry into extremist movements and radicalism in Australia has given long-overdue attention to the extreme-right, but also highlighted that Islamic State remains a serious security concern.

ANDREW ZAMMIT • April 10, 2021

The Australian government’s recent decision to proscribe the far-right extremist group Sonnenkrieg Division as a terrorist organisation followed months of public debate about the merits of banning such groups. The debate continues, focusing on whether the government has should ban more extreme-right groups.