Neo-Nazis marching through Melbourne in 2023.

Neo-Nazis quietly forming a political party to try to get around the law

The far-right agitators who disrupted Anzac Day want to form a political party as part of a plan to exploit legal loopholes and take on the next federal election.

  • Sherryn Groch

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St Kilda spearhead Max King.

More surgery for a luckless Saint;Yze says Balta’s been ‘punished enough’;Rioli trains as coach calls for social media changes

St Kilda star Max King will go under the knife yet again,while Noah Balta is likely to play in Richmond’s AFL side on Saturday just days before he is sentenced for assault.

  • Angus Delaney andScott Spits
Neo-Nazis protesting outside Senator James Paterson’s office

Coalition senator dismisses neo-Nazis outside office as ‘cosplaying losers’

Masked neo-Nazis rallied outside the Melbourne office of Coalition senator James Paterson to chant racist slogans,saying politicians “will not go unpunished”.

  • Olivia Ireland andRoy Ward
Rumaysa was a student last year who experienced racism while at both primary and secondary school.

Rumaysa endured racism at school for years,and says indifference is fuelling its rise

Reports of racism in Victoria’s schools are surging as the Education Department receives at least one complaint every school day – a 28 per cent increase in 12 months.

  • Nicole Precel
Stacey Edwards

These artists first picked up a brush in prison. It changed their lives

Connecting with their culture through art while in prison has proven revolutionary for hundreds of Indigenous people.

  • Kerrie O'Brien
Premier Jacinta Allan and then Attorney-General Jaclyn Symes announced the new laws in November.

Hate speech laws pass parliament as Liberals claim freedom of speech is at risk

The long-awaited reforms will make serious vilification – such as incitement of hatred or physical threats – punishable by up to five years’ jail.

  • Daniella White
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An unauthorised flyer claimed Tony Burke is a “racist immigration minister”.

Tony Burke forced to leave prayer event;unauthorised flyers label him ‘racist’

Activists are flooding the immigration minister’s western Sydney electorate with flyers and banners labelling him a “racist”.

  • Jessica McSweeney
The meme posted by the Australian Labor Party and the racist slogan that it mimics.

‘Missed the mark’:Labor removes meme based on racist T-shirt

The party posted a meme reading:“This is Australia. We eat meat,we drink beer and we love Medicare,” referencing an Islamophobic T-shirt.

  • James Massola

According to these influencers,people like me are the problem with Australia

I told myself these attitudes were outdated and were bound to become less common with each new generation. These videos show that clearly,I was wrong.

  • Zoya Patel
Antisemitic graffiti in Sydney in January.

One criminal hoax does not make antisemitism vanish

As soon as the caravan bomb plot was exposed,hateful messages hit social media claiming that antisemitism itself was a hoax and a lie.

  • Alex Ryvchin