Conal Feehely from Get Up recently went undercover to an Advance conference and he shares some of his learnings.

Amidst some predictably extreme themes from presenters (for example blaming migrants and climate policy for current woes) Conal had a range of civil conversations with attendees with legitimate grievances looking for a political solution. Advance has a deliberate, ongoing strategy of engaging such people - preparing the ground and planting right-wing ideas as a long term strategy of political engagement.

Advance  is well-funded by some rich benefactors but can certainly be countered by grassroots people power. Conal talked about possibilities for action, particularly in relation to Get Up and its campaigns.

Link: https://www.getup.org.au/