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Families are escorted away from the scene of the attack at Temple Israel Synagogue in the US state of Michigan.

Man dead after ramming car into Detroit synagogue hosting preschoolers

Meanwhile, a shooting at a university campus in Virginia is being treated as an act of terrorism, with the assailant having been previously jailed for supporting Islamic State.

  • Michael Koziol

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Hackers friending you or your friends will not give them access to your computer.

Teenage boy accused of torture now charged over violent extremist material

The 15-year-old was charged in relation to alleged torture and indecent treatment offences late last year.

  • Dominique Tassell
Jerome Laxale voted in his Bennelong electorate alongside his wife, Jo, last year.

Australia ill-equipped to handle domestic interference, says Labor MP

The warning comes amid escalating threats towards federal politicians and after an alleged terror plot was foiled in WA.

  • Brittany Busch
A community event was disrupted in Tim Wilson’s electorate of Goldstein on Thursday night.

Tim Wilson sold his house after election campaign safety fears

The shadow treasurer was targeted for the third time in nine months by the same far-right activist on Thursday after a federal election he says was so toxic it changed political culture for the worse.

  • Angus Delaney, Rob Harris and Alexander Darling
The leader of the far-right National Workers Alliance disrupted a community event held by Tim Wilson in Melbourne.
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Liberal event gatecrashed by white supremacist

The leader of the far-right National Workers Alliance disrupted a community event held by Tim Wilson in Melbourne.

The National Socialist Network rally outside the NSW parliament on November 8.

Former neo-Nazi group’s rap sheets are unsuitable for politics

A small group of men, some with a history of violence, have contempt for Australian attitudes to the evils of Nazi Germany

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From left to right, Adrian John Carr, Chris Carrig, Jamie McGowan and Nicholas Williamson were all National Socialist Network neo-Nazi group with criminal histories.

Australian neo-Nazi group included women bashers, stalkers, drug dealers and accused paedophile

The core membership of the National Socialist Network which held an anti-Jewish rally outside NSW parliament last year was a beacon for criminals.

  • Michael McGowan
An Australian child hoping to escape al-Roj camp in Syria on Monday, February 21.

How PM’s tough line on IS brides has left 34 women and children in no man’s land

Buried in the fine print of Anthony Albanese’s harsh words is a caveat: almost all of these people are entitled by law to come back to Australia from Syria.

  • Michael Bachelard
The Holsworthy Army Barracks, where accused paedophile and far-right extremist Jonathan Salter lived.

ADF member who trained with neo-Nazis allegedly caught with child abuse and extremist material

Jonathan Salter, 25, a former Australian Defence Force member, is facing more than a dozen charges.

  • Michael McGowan
Sheikh Yahya Safi outside Lakemba Mosque on the eve of Ramadan.

Lakemba Mosque receives third violent threat as leaders condemn Hanson comments

Sydney’s largest mosque has been sent a message containing a reference to the Christchurch shooter who killed 51 Muslims as political leaders condemn Pauline Hanson over her anti-Muslim remarks.

  • Patrick Begley and Emily Kaine