Prime minister says reports 20-year-old was allegedly going to target mosques, WA police and parliament are ‘distressing’
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/feb/27/manifesto-planning-mass-casualties-allegedly-found-at-home-of-wa-man-charged-with-planning-terror-attack-ntwnfb
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An inevitable consequence of letting the NSN get so big before banning it.
A lot of very heavily radicalized young men got even angrier than they already were – and probably became even more isolated as a result.
Some of them were going to go totally nuts.
It was distressing because the Prime Minister would then have had to invite the head of state of a certain Muslim country /s
But according to the Liberal Party, Islamophobia in Australia is a “fiction” (Dave Sharma), “non-existent” (James Patterson) and “not a problem” (Jane Hume).
Jayson Joseph Michaels is a pretty black name for a white supremacist (The [ABC named him](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-27/man-charged-with-preparing-for-terrorist-act-perth/106397996))
Islamophobia Royal Commission when?
When are we classifying Murdoch media as pro-hatred propaganda groups?
We’ve had two attempted or planned terrorists attacks in WA in the last 6 weeks by right wing extremists.
We need to dismantle the machinery of hatred with the exact same fervour, regardless of the targeted group. Anything else is wholly unacceptable.
Edit: Should note that the wording from the government, the actions of the WA police task force have all been appropriate and are treating this incident with the seriousness it deserves.
The issue is that the government refuses to stamp out the rot that is spreading from right wing propaganda outlets.
Second Edit: And there is NOTHING about this on the Sky News front page. They are absolutely culpable.
For days I was yelling in my car at news listing this 3rd down in reporting when it happened like an unhinged middle aged woman. JFC. If his bomb had actually gone off it would have been a mass terrorist event with multiple fatalities and casualties. But it was muted because it was an attack against First Nations people. This prick will be exposed as a One Nations supporter. The alt right wing in Australia is just as dangerous as ISIS.
Imagine being 20 and filled with so much hate. Good job Pauline et al.
My elderly mother has recently become a cooker. Throughout her life she has been an intelligent and thoughtful woman, but she’s in her 80s and she has become absolutely cooked. She sits at home reading Newscorp media and Twitter and Facebook.
After Bondi she has been extremely vocal about how “Muslims are fundamentally incompatible with life in Australia”. When challenged about these views she points to the events at Bondi and says things like “is this what you want for Australia?”
Once I pointed out that before Bondi, a few years ago, the last major Australian terrorism event was a white Australian man who had been radicalised online, and murdered 51 people. Her response: “that happened in New Zealand, it doesn’t count!”
It’s so fucking sad how every cunt is revved up by other cunts online. I don’t know what the answer is.
One Nation consequences, no more, no less.
I don’t disagree with the Prime Minister’s oft-repeated line that the temperature should be ‘turned down’, but it’s pointless to say whilst those turning it up, including the vast well-funded machine represented by Sky News, One Nation and a myriad other conduits, refuse to listen.
Credit to WA Police here. They have probably saved lives with this.
If you don’t like Muslims, fine, you’re not forced to like people if you don’t want to. But what’s with all these violent plots. Just chill lads.