Following anti-immigration protests across the country, we’re looking at what’s driving the rise of extremist groups, and whether they're a growing threat to our communities.

Plus, bad news for our hayfever friends out there... the season is back, and depending where you live, worse than ever.

And in headlines today, Police believe accused gunman Dezi Freeman is still alive and that they possibly know where he is hiding; Housing affordability has dropped to a 20-year low, but first-home buyers are still finding ways to get into the market; A woman branded as the "Ketamine Queen" has pleaded guilty to selling Matthew Perry the drug that killed the Friends star; North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un and Russian President Vladimir Putin were among high-profile leaders in Beijing for a parade marking the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II; Authorities in Florida have announced that they are working to become the first US state to remove childhood vaccine mandates, a public health policy that has kept children safe from infectious diseases for decades; Bruce Willis’ wife Emma Hemming Willis has defended the family’s difficult decision to move Bruce into his own home

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Guest: Josh Roose, Associate Professor of Politics at Deakin University.

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Australia's Dangerous New Extremism & Why Your Hay Fever Is Getting Worse

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