As the Christchurch shooter faces sentencing, what has Australia learned about far-right terror?

The massacre drew authorities' attention to Australian extremists, but Covid has given the toxic movements fresh impetus

In the weeks after the New Zealand Christchurch massacre, the attention of the international media turned to a small town on the New South Wales mid-north coast.

Grafton, population 18,000, is the home town of the far right extremist who killed 51 people at two mosques in March last year. Previously best known for its annual jacaranda festival, the town quickly became a beacon for journalists searching for clues about the gunman's past in the wake of the shooting.