A report on the Exposure Draft of the Combatting Antisemitism, Hate and Extremism Bill 2026. The report provides the background, an outline of the Bill and key issues raised. It urges the Australian Parliament to work together constructively and collaboratively to ensure the legislative response reflects a unified commitment to community safety and social cohesion.

This Bills Digest has been prepared in relation to the Exposure Draft of the Combatting Antisemitism, Hate and Extremism Bill 2026. The Bill aims to combat antisemitism, hate and extremism and strengthen gun laws in Australia. The paper outlines the purpose of the Bill, its background, policy positions, stakeholder comments, and key issues and provisions.

Globally, terrorism remains a significant challenge. This report presents a comprehensive summary of the key global trends and patterns in terrorism over the past 10 years. It provides an analysis of the top 10 countries most impacted by terrorism and in-depth contributions from experts. It finds that attacks in the West increased for the first...

This report presents the findings of a policy stocktake that analysed whether the policies, plans and strategies for Australia’s disaster and emergency management, disaster response and recovery, counterterrorism and countering violent extremism efforts take into account the integrated issues of disaster response, disinformation and potential for extremist and malign actor exploitation of natural disasters.

This report summarises the responses from a selection of online service providers on the measures taken to protect Australians from the risk that terrorist and violent extremist (TVE) material and activity posed to their safety and security. While tools are being used to detect TVE, they are not always applied consistently or comprehensively.