Tag: terrorism

Court hears three young men had already paid a deposit on a semi-automatic rifle to be used to attack people in central Melbourne.

The man who stabbed four people at a store in Dunedin appears to have been acting alone and was seemingly not motivated by terrorism.

Bill is designed to respond to the changing nature of global terrorism. It will now go to the Justice Select Committee for consideration.

Australian counter-terrorism police apprehend one man in Melbourne and another near Brisbane for assisting fighters to go to Syria.

The man, who is from the NSW city of Albury, allegedly had violent Neo-Nazi views and had accessed bomb-making information.

Thirty-six-year old had a hatred for ‘Muslims and lefties’ and planned to use explosives to attack two venues in Melbourne.

London Bridge terror attack hero – himself a convicted murderer – gets his sentence reduced by the Queen for his bravery.

OPINION & ANALYSIS: In a deeply tragic irony, the two victims who lost their lives to a man who made a mockery of their idealism were assisted by two others who appear to have genuinely benefited from prison rehabilitation programs.

OPINION & ANALYSIS: There are clearly risks in shooting at a moving vehicle. Unlike what happens in films, bullets generally do not stop moving trucks or cars.

"I am not going to single out the comments of one person and ascribe it to a people, whether in Turkey or across Australia. I don’t think it does reflect the views of the Turkish people, or certainly of Turkish Australians,” says Prime Minister Scott Morrison.

Meanwhile, William Connelly has been lauded with offers of life-time tickets from Hill Top Hoods, basketballer Ben Simmons dubbing him an "Australian legend", and a mural of the incident appearing on Melbourne's Hosier Lane with the hashtag #eggboy.

OPINION & ANALYSIS: We need to address the permissive political environment that allows such hateful extremism to be promulgated so openly.

Scott Morrison calls on Australian Muslim community to be more 'proactive' following Bourke Street terror incident while family say attacker was mentally ill and needed help.

OPINION & ANALYSIS: It didn't take long for many to conclude the car that ploughed into pedestrians on Flinders Street was driven by terrorism.

OPINION & ANALYSIS: More than 50 people massacred at a festival in Las Vegas. Police have described the suspect, 64-year-old Stephen Paddock, as a 'lone wolf', rather than a terrorist... Why might that be?

As police question two suspects over the Parsons Green Tube attack, Australians share the fear of being caught up in yet another terrorist incident in London.

An explosive device detonated on a Tube train at Parsons Green station in London is being treated by police as a terrorist attack.

OPINION & ANALYSIS: World leaders have condemned the Barcelona attack, but beyond pro-forma statements of support the reality is that Islamic-inspired terrorism is here to stay for the time being.

The claim that the anti-terror raids, which saw the arrest of four men suspected of conspiring to blow up a plane, were rushed due to the threat of the UK issuing a travel warning about Australia have been rejected.

The Defence Act will be strengthened to remove some constraints governing the “call-out” of the ADF in terrorist situations.

The fourth UK terror attack, and the third in London, in just the a few months; this time directed against Muslims.

Worst fears confirmed by the mother of the Aussie au pair who had been missing following Saturday's terror attack. "This is the last thing that anybody expects to happen to their children in London," says prime minister.

It has been confirmed that one of the fatalities in the London Bridge terror attack was Australian Kirsty Boden who in running to the aid of others was herself murdered.

Family still unable to contact Australian nanny Sara Zelenak who was reportedly last seen at London Bridge on the night of the latest terrorist atrocity.

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull says there are "very real concerns" for two of the four Aussies known to have been among those directly affected by Saturday's terrorist attack in London.

Police confirm the blast at Manchester Arena on Monday night was a terrorism incident. It is believed the attack was carried out by a lone suicide bomber.

WATCH: Terrified teenagers flee Manchester Arena following blast in suspected terrorist attack.

OPINION & ANALYSIS: How risky is it really to swim? Is it fear that drives us to believe that rare events are likely to happen?

“We will never let them intimidate us or challenge our democratic way of life," says Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull.

A woman from South Australia is recovering in hospital after narrowly avoiding death in Wednesday's horror at Westminster.

12 dead after truck ploughs through crowd at German Christmas market in Berlin. One man arrested but real suspect still at large, claims German news.

Australia's second biggest city has been highlighted in a new call to arms video by Islamic State.

Encrypted documents contained photos with the titles: "Make a Bomb in the Kitchen of your Mom", and "Pressure Cooker Backpack Bomb with Switch Detonator", the prosecution argued.

Centre of Australia's biggest city expresses sadness, solidarity and defiance with simple gesture.

All passengers and crew aboard the hijacked Egypt Air flight MS181 aircraft are safe. Alleged hijacker is in custody.

Belgium’s ambassador to Australia rejects PM’s blaming Syria refugee crisis for terrorist attacks, saying the suspects are European.

Facing the threat of international terrorism while on holidays is no wuckers for an Aussie if your mate Damo is along for the ride to sort things out. He'll smash 'em!

ISIS are a bunch of totally quackers duckheads, according to 4Chan users... and a meme is born.

Emma Parkinson speaks about her ordeal in Bataclan Theatre on night of Paris terror attacks.

The world’s marginalised have been taught that their lives matter less than others. We run the risk of entrenching a cycle of discrimination that works to further the radical political agendas of terrorist groups.

WATCH: Waleed Aly's impassioned monologue on 'The Project', urging us not help Islamic State by turning on ourselves in hate, following the Paris attacks.

PICTURES: Aussie icons light up in sympathy for France and the victims of the Paris terrorist attacks.

PICTURES: London bathed in red, white and blue in solidarity with Paris after the terror.

Foreign minister urges Australians in Paris to stay put as state of emergency declared and French borders closed in wake or terrorist attacks.

Australians in Paris should minimise movement in public places, follow the media for latest information on security and follow the instructions of local authorities.

Australian border force and counter terrorism stopped seven suspected jihadists, allegedly on route to join ISIS, in their tracks at Sydney airport.

The British Foreign Office has listed Australia as a 'high' risk travel destination, indicating that terrorism attacks are considered to be likely.

Australia needs to have uncomfortable conversations about the realities of Islamic State and their like.

Two men have been charged with planning an "imminent" terror act in Sydney. Police raided their house and seized an Islamic State Flag, a machete, a hunting knife and a video allegedly detailing their plans.

Australia’s prime minister says “the Middle-Eastern death cult had declared war on the world”.