Australia is too often a leader in conspiracy thinking – from Port Arthur ‘trutherism’ to Christchurch
- Written by Alexander Howard, Senior Lecturer, Discipline of English and Writing, University of Sydney
The Australian government officially categorised the white supremacist Terrorgram Collective as a terrorist organisation last month – after it was linked to an alleged plot to kill a New South Wales Labor MP. A decentralised network, Terrogram mostly operates on the messaging app Telegram.
Perpetrators of mass violence – including the...