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Federal government urged to do more on right wing extremism after WA attack
The federal government is facing accusations it has failed to do enough to curb right-wing extremism, after a man with a swastika painted on his forehead allegedly attacked an Aboriginal woman with a makeshift flamethrower.
Key points:
- Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton described the incident as “disturbing”
- Labor and Greens MPs have urged the government to do more on right-wing extremism
- Australia’s spy agency ASIO says up to 40 per cent of counterterrorism efforts are focused on right-wing groups
Western Australian police alleged a man approached the woman while she was with her teenage daughter on the way to the shops in a Perth suburb on Saturday evening.
They allege he yelled racial obscenities at the woman before trying to burn her by…
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