SYDNEY ¨C From its clubhouses in Melbourne and Sydney, the Lads Society promotes drug-free living and exercise ¡ª and ¡°white resistance¡± and Islamophobia, according to online statements and interviews with two of its leaders.
One of Australia¡¯s most high-profile extremist groups, its members last year infiltrated the youth arm of the National Party, part of the ruling coalition government, before being exposed and ejected due to their far-right views.
Now the group has come to prominence again ¡ª and to the attention of security agencies ¡ª after a gunman shot 50 people dead at two New Zealand mosques.
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