The evolving threat of violent extremism
November 2017
What does the demise of ISIS in Syria and Iraq mean for Australia? Is far-right wing extremism really on the rise in...
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Lessons in Collaborative Journalism
November 2017
Earlier this month, The Point Magazine held a workshop with a group of aspiring young reporters, and producers with...
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From largest refugee camp to Wollongong
July 2017
He has travelled a long and arduous pathway to reach the beachside city of Wollongong with his wife and five children,...
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Award winning journalist, presenter and author Mehdi Hasan on defeating extremism
July 2017
Visiting Australia earlier this month, award-winning British journalist, author, and presenter of Al Jazeera’s UpFront...
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Report shows women and children most threatened by Islamophobia
July 2017
Australian women who are identifiably Muslim, because they wear the headscarf, are almost three times more likely to...
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London mosque attack confirmed as an act of terrorism
June 2017
Another London attack this month left one man dead and several others injured after a van drove into pedestrians outside...
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Messages of support flow after Manchester bombings
May 2017
In the aftermath of the Manchester explosion that took place on 22 May, killing 22 concert goers and injuring many more,...
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Pepe the Frog and the rise of the alt-right memes
April 2017
‘Pepe the Frog’ began as an artist’s meme. He rose to become a symbol of the “alternative-right” during the...
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Trump and the symbolism of borders
March 2017
In January this year, I attended a conference program in Mexico with writers, editors and journalists from Mexico and the...
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Australia’s refugee promise
March 2017
In the next few months, all 12,000 additional refugees from Syria and Iraq that the Australian Government promised, in...
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Re-wording cyber bullying
March 2017
Reword is one of the latest tools to tackle online hate speech and cyber bullying and is celebrating its first year as...
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Why do people join violent extremist groups?
February 2017
Most people don’t join violent extremist groups for ideological reasons. Instead, they join for social reasons – with...
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Trump’s troubled immigration ban: how are Australians taking it?
February 2017
US President Donald Trump’s plan to halt immigration from seven Muslim majority countries – Iran, Iraq, Syria, Libya,...
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Poverty porn and Mt Druitt: Struggle Street One year later
January 2017
The Point Magazine selected a group of thirteen young aspiring media types from all over Sydney to take part in our...
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Through the lens: Toy soldiers and real trauma
January 2017
He may be over the age of forty, but Brian McCarty is still playing with toys. McCarty is not your average war...
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Community profile: who are the Uighurs?
January 2017
A small diasporic community living in Australia and in other parts of the world, the Uighurs are Western China’s ethnic...
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Zimbabwean meets Australian hip hop
January 2017
Tsitsi Mafuta grew up in a small town, about thirty minutes from Harare, the capital city of Zimbabwe. In the past years,...
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Australia Day: Oaths and new beginnings
January 2017
For many, Australia Day is about the beach and BBQ’s and a fun day off work. For others, it’s one of the most...
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