00:00So in this case, the underlying rationale is to treat extremism in Australia like emergency
00:07management. We know that currents of extremism are growing in Australia, many different forms,
00:13not just far-right extremism. We know that these are impacted by global issues that Australian
00:18policymakers don't have control over, often foreign conflicts and global currents of extremism.
00:23So how do we create a resilient networked community of empowered young people and others
00:29who can respond to these crises when they appear in a way that knits communities together
00:35and creates social cohesion or the ability to work together rather than fragmenting apart?
00:40When we're talking about education, literacy, training, that stuff needs to happen increasingly
00:46on a whole range of levels with a whole range of people and the mis and disinformation,
00:50the conspiracy theory stuff and helping people identify that when they read stuff online or
00:54wherever they're getting their information from, it's absolutely connected to racist and
00:59extremist views and other types of prejudice. So these things are interrelated, helping people
01:05understand how they work and be able to identify them is going to be crucial to getting on top
01:09of that as a problem as well.
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