EPISODE · May 5, 2026 · 7 MIN
$74 million funding boost to fight online extremism
from Radio National Breakfast · host Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Ahead of next week's budget, the federal government has announced it will spend 74-million-dollars over two years to set up a national centre to "detect and disrupt" the threat of online violent extremism and terrorism.Last week, an interim report from the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion found while funding to intelligence agencies increased over the last five years - the proportion of funding allocated to counter-terrorism "significantly declined."GUEST: Tony Burke, Minister for Home AffairsPRODUCER: Isadora Bogle
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