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    Perth Invasion Day rally attempted bombing declared terrorist act


    Perth Invasion Day rally attempted bombing declared terrorist act

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    1. janglinjosh on

      Any other event on any other day this would have been declared within hours. Shameful it took this long.

    2. briberylibrary_ on

      Only took them over a week. Wonder if this will trigger our silent politicians to speak up. Royal commission when?

    8. BlankBlanny on

      It *really* should not have taken this long. Glad they finally got their act together, but this is disgraceful.

    9. LittleRedRaidenHood on

      It is frankly embarrassing and deeply troubling that it took this long to come to a conclusion that was immediately obvious to anyone with a functioning brain.

      Can you imagine how quickly they’d have jumped on the “terrorism” label had someone done the same thing at a march full of Jewish people?

    11. iball1984 on

      I don’t know why the authorities are being criticised for taking time to charge him with terrorism offences.

      Surely they should be making sure that everything is rock solid and charges will stick?

      Other events were more clear cut and so could be declared terrorism earlier.

    12. OhtheHugeManity7 on

      And yet this terrorist here is still having his identity suppressed for fears of his safety. What a load of garbage, do they think that telling us his name is gonna somehow make someone decide to break into his prison cell and shank the bastard?

      All sorts of paedos and other violent offenders get named when they’ve been charged, so why should a terrorist be entitled to any special privilege in this regard? Just because he’s one of Pauline’s terrorists should not give him bonus rights.

    13. stagger_once on

      You know it’s brazen when they finally call it what it is despite the perpetrator being found white

    15. AuzzieTiger on

      Absolutely ridiculous it took this long. Yes it was obviously not a successful act (thank God) but it is clear there was an intent to do major harm to many people.

    16. sunburn95 on

      People, police are operating off evidence not vibes. Counter-terrorism squad were immediately deployed to his house so its clear that was their suspicion

      By the sounds of it, its a lone wolf guy. Police need some sort of evidence to base a claim of terrorism on before they go throwing it around the media and potentially jeopardising any future case

    18. Thunderoad77 on

      You can make a case that the police were being methodical and ensuring that they had all their ducks in a row before laying terrorism charges but you cannot excuse the muted response to this incident from politicians and the media. 

      Both of these groups went into an frenzy following the Bondi terror attack and those same people have largely remained silent in the face of this heinous attack. 

      They demonstrated no discipline in responding to the Bondi attack but have managed to show immense discipline in their response to this attack. 

      Why would that be? 

    19. justpassingluke on

      Well damn, only took 10 whole days!

      Fucking double standards make me want to spit. To be clear, I’m not talking about the police – I’m talking about the complete non-response from this country’s media landscape. If the perpetrator had been brown and/or foreign, if this had been at a March for Australia rally, they’d be climbing over the tops of each other to call it a terrorist incident.

    20. YouLykeFishSticks on

      Where’s the political outrage? Oh wait too busy pedalling a bullshit “movie”, Pauline.

    21. T_J_Rain on

      So it took *checks calendar* eleven days to declare that?

      Yet the Bondi massacre was declared a terrorist act within minutes.

      Something is very inconsistent with the way we assess threats.

    22. Flaky-Lifeguard5835 on

      Imagine if a Indigenous bloke or Muslim guy threw a bomb at a gathering of white people on Australia Day…

    23. Mclovine_aus on

      Water is wet. Political rally, trying to cause a mass casualty event see petty obvious. Thank fuck nobody was hurt.