Tag Archive for "Victoria"

Tag Archive for: "Victoria"

Why the Bourke Street terrorist was free to kill despite being known to police

12 Nov 2018 | John Coyne

In the aftermath of Friday’s Bourke Street terror attack, many Australians will be asking why the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation and the Australian Federal Police weren’t watching murderer Hassan Khalif Shire Ali. Some Australians are no doubt bewildered that …

Planning for the worst: Victoria’s new counterterrorism strategy

5 Oct 2018 | Anthony Bergin

Victoria Police’s recent release of its new counterterrorism strategy for the next three years was timely. There have been seven terrorist attacks and 18 disrupted attacks in Australia since 2005, and Melbourne was the target of nearly half of …