Controversial Debate and its Extremist Repercussions

On the afternoon of the attack, a member of a private Facebook group for Australian extremists comments that the terrorist had been “in the scene for a while”. 

Digging through an archive of Facebook posts, Joey Watson uncovers just how deep those connections ran. 

Joey finds the terrorist had been in contact with Australian extremists for years – including signalling the violence that he would go on to commit.  

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