I love that he managed to get this article out before the ABC strike took effect, but at the same time it feels rushed and a bit all over the place. It's probably not helped that the speech from Mr. Bourke spoke of terrorism from a wider perspective, and that the incident in Perth was a part of that speech. Yes, Perth was phenomenally lucky that the IED thrown into the crowd Forrest Chase failed to go off. But the point that he was making was that four terrorism events in recent years were all carried out by people born in Australia. Three of the four men in custody behind these incidents are white nationalists. We need to look closer to home to tackle the threat of terrorism and not simply point the finger at immigration.
Even with the incidents from the last couple of months, the terrorism threat level in Australia remains at probable.