‘This Sickness Must Be Removed’: Ley Urges Government to Address Extremism

‘This Sickness Must Be Removed’: Ley Urges Government to Address Extremism

Opposition Leader Sussan Ley “felt sick” when watching a clip of neo-Nazi leader Thomas Sewell verbally attack Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan at a press conference on Sept. 2. Ley warned of a dangerous rise in extremist activity and political intimidation. “This sickness has to be removed,” she said on Sept. 3. “We need to de-radicalise, de-escalate, work together as a society to tackle what I’m seeing as a troubling trend—an escalation in poli…