Australia’s neo-Nazis are forming secret mothers’ groups – and have plans for a network of homeschools for their children.

And when a government minister expressed concern, she was threatened – the latest in a string of threats against female politicians by neo-Nazis.

Now, the federal police have raised the alarm, raising questions about the risk of further political violence – and why neo-Nazis have been allowed to build their movement.

Today, crime reporter at The Age, Sherryn Groch, on the National Socialist Network’s threats and whether authorities are doing enough to stop them.

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Guest: Crime reporter at The Age, Sherryn Groch

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In the waters off the Caribbean, the United States military has been blowing small boats out of the water – boats they say are carrying drugs.

Now, the Secretary of Defence, Pete Hegseth, is facing questions about whether his strike orders are illegal, and US President Donald Trump is doubling down, threatening strikes on Venezuelan soil.

It’s the latest escalation in Donald Trump’s self-declared war on fentanyl – a campaign that casts foreign traffickers as the villains behind America’s overdose crisis.

But the origin of America’s fentanyl problem lies much closer to home, inside the country’s own pharmaceutical industry.

Today, drug historian at The University of Buffalo, Professor David Herzberg, on how the fentanyl crisis really started and why the war to stop it could make everything worse.

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Guest: Drug historian at The University of Buffalo, Professor David Herzberg

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Adele Ferguson is an investigative journalist at the ABC. She’s spent more than a year reporting on the crisis unfolding in Australia’s childcare system.

Last week, alongside her colleague Chris Gillett, she won the top honour in journalism – the Gold Walkley.

Her work has inspired us at 7am and so today, we’re bringing you an episode we made back in July, where we spoke to Adele about the dangers in an industry driven by profit.

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Guest: Investigative journalist at Four Corners Adele Ferguson and National Children’s Commissioner Anne Hollonds.

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