Premium Columnists Good government initiatives aimed at minimising influence of violent extremism Community & Social The federal government has signalled its commitment to dealing with the growth in the number of adherents to extremist ideologies by throwing $61.7 million towards
Dubious grants and rubbery criteria keep political tool claims alive September 19, 2016 By Stephen Easton Case studies If your agency’s grants program had few quality applications, a surplus of funds, and was widely seen as a political tool, what would you do?
Defence is fighting ISIS online, but we don't know it works September 18, 2015 By David Donaldson Defence The Australian Defence Force’s latest initiative in the war on the Islamic State, a Twitter account disputing “Daesh lies”, builds on lessons from the problems