Holocaust denialism and far right on rise in Australia, says Frydenberg

Atrocities are committed when societies are indifferent, treasurer warned during a speech at the war memorial

Josh Frydenberg has used a speech at the Australian War Memorial to warn the far right is on the rise in Australia and around the world, and to argue horrors are perpetrated when societies lapse into indifference.

Following a speech earlier in the week where Australia's top intelligence chief warned the threat of rightwing extremism in Australia was real and growing, the treasurer used remarks on Wednesday at the opening of an exhibition about the Holocaust to warn denial was on the rise.