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It is probably not a surprise that a terror attack can have a major impact on people’s mental health. But what sort of effects are common, and how long do they last?
A frank debate about the causes of extremism and terrorism would acknowledge uncomfortable issues like the alienating impacts of racism, Islamophobia and Western military actions and foreign policy.
We must improve religious literacy among politicians. They should look to universities for more insight.
The group believes that it represents a religion – denying that won’t get us anywhere.
The divide within government ranks over handling the terrorism issue has been highlighted by the tough words at the weekend from Resources Minister Josh Frydenberg.
Footage of wars, bombings and shootings can traumatise children. Here’s how parents can help them cope with distressing content.
Tasneem Chopra told Q&A that of the 70,000 refugees who’ve arrived in Australia by boat since 1976, none have been found to be linked to terrorism. We examine the best evidence out there.
Cabinet minister Josh Frydenberg has accused Australia’s grand mufti, Ibrahim Abu Mohamed, of seeking to “cover up” his failure of leadership in the wake of the Paris attacks.
The new five-level National Terrorism Threat Advisory System has come into operation. It places the current threat of an attack in Australia as “probable”.
First responders are hugely resilient – but here’s what to do when the memories become too much.
Malcolm Turnbull has asked Australian law enforcement agencies to test their responses to a mass casualty attack in the wake of the killings in Paris and elsewhere.
Selective sympathy raises troubling questions. If you neglect suffering in other places, it is much more difficult to mobilise political actors to take it seriously.
Preventive measures such as control orders should not be extended in the absence of evidence for their need or without safeguards.
Like France, the US faces the possibility that ISIS will attack an American city sooner or later.
Paris police were able to use information found on a phone, but what details can be found that could tackle future attacks?
Terrorist groups aim to incite both terror and power-projection. Such deadly tactics also hope to spark an over-reaction that will feed into their propaganda and divide societies.
Many Western policies that aim to prevent terrorism may actually be causing it.
An apocalyptic vision drives the terrorist group.
ISIS uses the internet, especially social media, to propagandize and recruit. Members of hacker group Anonymous have turned their sights on these accounts.
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