Radical nationalism is on the rise around the world, and a Charles Sturt University (CSU) researcher says the growth of the political far-Right in Australia is nothing new.

Political science Honours student in the CSU School of Humanities and Social Sciences in Bathurst Mr Jordan McSwiney said while we aren't yet facing the same level of far-Right nationalism in Australia as elsewhere, radical nationalism has re-entered the mainstream.

"For the first time since Pauline Hanson and One Nation's original spike in popularity during the 1990s, the ultra-nationalist movement in Australia is experiencing an unprecedented growth in organisational capacity," Mr McSwiney said.

"This ranges from Islamophobic bourgeois intellectuals and 'suit-and-tie' anti-immigration micro parties, to the mobilisation of working- and poor-middle class 'concerned mums and dads', and outright Neo-Nazi sects."

Mr McSwiney says that by mapping the evolving landscape of the ultra-nationalist movement in Australia and the motivation behind it, he hopes his research will provide some insight into what is driving the resurgent nationalism here.

"Since July/August 2014 there has been a steady growth in far-Right activity in Australia, beginning with the first Reclaim Australia rallies around the country, and climaxing with the re-election of Pauline Hanson," he said.

"The event witnessed last weekend when the Party for Freedom stormed an Anglican Church in Gosford, New South Wales (NSW), isn't so much something new but an escalation of previous methods used by the party. They've taken a protest method they've been using for at least two years (dressing up as a fundamentally racist caricature of a Middle Eastern Muslim) and used it to harass, intimidate and humiliate. This time, rather than targeting a minority group such as Muslim migrants in Western Sydney, they targeted a rather prominent Anglican Church.

"I argue this escalation is closely connected to the electoral success of the One Nation Party at the recent federal election. One Nation's success has no doubt emboldened organisations like the Party for Freedom, who consider the electoral victory a confirmation that their views are representative of the mainstream. They therefore don't see anything wrong with harassing higher profile targets like the minister and congregation of an Anglican Church in Gosford."

Mr McSwiney says this trend is unlikely to simply peter out and disappear from the political scene, and any suggestion that it's simply some kind of 'flash-in-the-pan' protest vote belies the reality of the situation.

"Ms Hanson and One Nation have been incredibly successful in tapping into the material and social anxiety of many Australians, and they appear to offer somewhat of a solution to many of the very legitimate concerns - such as job security, wage stagnation - which underpin this angst," he said.

"In this sense, the rise of the far-Right is closely tied to structural problems with the Australian economy; that is, the economy's capacity to deliver what many Australians have come to expect  ̶  lower taxes, more services, better jobs and wages etc  ̶  is in decline. The 'Australian dream' we've been sold all our lives is becoming increasingly unattainable for many."

Mr McSwiney asserts that what is happening in Australia is hardly unique, given that contemporary far-Right renewal in Australia aligns with similar and more pronounced trends in Europe and the United States. This suggests its roots may lie in features shared by these societies.

"I argue that the only way the recent Hansonite wave will disappear is if and when the dominant party establishment, the Liberal/National Coalition and the Labor Party, shift further to the Right on things like immigration so as to reclaim Hanson's support base," he said.

"If the Coalition and Labor are unable to achieve this, and even if One Nation were to collapse like the Palmer United Party's Senate team during the previous electoral cycle, I suspect the kind of movement and politics that Ms Hanson and One Nation represent will continue to grow."