Rise in extremists who want to trigger 'race war' in Australia, ASIO warns

In a submission to a parliamentary inquiry into far-right extremism, ASIO said ideologically motivated violent extremists accounted for about a quarter of its priority counter-terrorism work.

"Over the last 18 months, we have seen an uptick in the number of nationalist and racist violent extremists advocating sabotage in private conversations both here and overseas. It also said the main threat from ideological extremists was from so-called lone wolf actors – like the Australian behind the Christchurch attack – and that racist and nationalist groups were more focused on recruitment rather than planning attacks at the moment.The submission comes months after a Neo-Nazi group descended on train stations in northern Sydney on Australia Day.

ASIO also pointed to the risk posed by online forums in allowing for the radicalisation of extremists across the globe, particularly in the wake of increasing internet activity during the pandemic.

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