List of recommendations

Recommendation 1

7.44The committee recommends that the Australian government undertakes periodic evaluation of Australian deradicalisation and countering violent extremism programs. That evaluation should involve experts engaged in those programs, law enforcement and intelligence agencies, and organisations that research countering violent extremism and deradicalisation. Any such periodic review should draw upon the experience both in Australia and overseas in other liberal democracies.

Recommendation 2

7.50The committee recommends that the Australian government develops a national framework for engaging with young people to deter them from radical extremism. That framework should provide best practice guidance to the states and territories and the broader civic community on how to engage with young people to:

assist them in identifying harmful ideologies promoting violent extremism;

deter them from adopting harmful ideologies promoting violent extremism; and

provide them with the means to engage with the wider community in a socially positive way.

Recommendation 3

7.58The committee recommends that the Australian government conducts research into violent extremism in the online environment, including on:

social media platforms;

gaming platforms; and

gaming-adjacent platforms.

That research should examine how those platforms may be used by extremist actors to spread propaganda and recruit members, particularly in relation to young people.

Recommendation 4

7.65The committee recommends that the Office of the eSafety Commissioner engages with stakeholders in relation to the development of best practice guidelines in relation to transparent and independent assurance measures to verify that social media platforms are enforcing terms of service to exclude harmful extremist content.

Recommendation 5

7.71The committee recommends the Australian government considers introducing legislation that would enable Australian law enforcement and intelligence agencies to access encrypted communications if there is a well-‍founded threat to national security and a warrant has been issued by a judicial officer to access those communications.

Recommendation 6

7.75The committee recommends the Australian government adopts a nationally consistent definition of what constitutes a hate crime and consider establishing a national hate crimes database.