Australian democracy is usually peaceful. But there’s a homegrown history of political violence | Joshua Black and Frank Bongiorno

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Published 21 Oct 2026, 03:59 BST1 min read

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Like other features of our public landscape, both good and bad, political violence has a history in Australia – one from which we may learn

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