The terror arrests you missed

Last month police arrested two people accused of possessing extremist material.The arrests came at the same time as Australia’s security agencies were warning of an increase in far-right extremist activity.But now Australian officials have introduced new terminology to talk about the threats we face and are carefully avoiding the term "right-wing".Today, researcher at the Lowy Institute Lydia Khalil on what’s behind this change and why the language we use to describe a threat matters.  Guest: Researcher and contributor to The Saturday Paper Lydia Khalil.Background reading: Extremism and clear terminology in The Saturday PaperSee acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.