He isn’t thinking. He was hoping it would blow over, but it didn’t.
Anthony Albanese promises Jewish Australians in a condolence motion to parliament that his government will ensure their safety and security. Sussan Ley says victims’ families are owed an apology from Labor for delays in calling a royal commission.
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“The perversion of Islam?”
What an a$$hat!
How is it a “perversion of Islam” when two devout Muslims follow the script & wage jihad? The killing commands in the Koran are there for everyone to read, they are out in the open and they will encourage many devout Mohammedans to kill infidels in the future, with the imprimatur of the imam in the mosque. “Perversion of Islam” my a$$! They followed Islam to the letter!
This one is just as good:
No shiite! What kind of “religiously motivated extremist ideologies” could that be? Methodist? Presbyterian? 7th day Adventist?
The insufferable a$$clowns who are sworn to protect us twist themselves into pretzels not to name the 600-pound gorilla in the room. This is not something that will blow over. This exposes the cowardly traitors who govern us. They should be brought to justice for failing us so miserably.
New figures have revealed that more than 200 individuals around the country have been placed in anti-extremism programs.
According to Department of Home Affairs statistics obtained by The Sunday Telegraph, 230 people have been placed in de-radicalisation programs.
The figure did not include people who refused to join the programs or were deemed unsuitable.
About 40 per cent of participants had “ideologically motivated” extremist ideologies, while about 35 per cent had “religiously motivated” extremist ideologies.
One in three of the participants was under the age of 18.
The figures come after the worst terror attack in the country’s history, allegedly carried out by a father-son duo.
In the wake of the Bondi Beach terror attack, the Albanese government has moved to address anti-terrorism and extremism.
This includes new hate speech laws and gun reform legislation, which will be debated in Parliament House on Tuesday.
“If we can pass the legislation that now will be before the parliament, that will make a big difference,” Environment Minister Murray Watt told Sky News on Sunday.
“It’s important to take some of the guns off the streets, the guns that found their way to the hands of those terrorists.
“It’s important to give governments the power to ban and limit association with hate groups.
“It’s important to be able to prosecute in a serious way some of those hate preachers who are spilling the kind of vile hatred that has led to these sorts of incidents.”
ASIO Director-General Mike Burgess has also identified the National Socialist Network and Hizb ut-Tahrir groups as threats to national security.
Mr Burgess warned that while these groups may avoid terror proscription thresholds, they still contribute to societal tensions.
“There have been organisations which have played a game for a long time in keeping themselves just below the legal threshold,” Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke said.
“They were called out last year by Mike Burgess, the Director-General of ASIO, for the real harm they do to our national security.
“The two groups he called out specifically were the Nazis, the National Socialist Network, and Hizb ut-Tahrir.
“Two groups which through their spreading of hate, have a direct impact on increased risk on our national security environment, but have kept themselves just below the law.”
The Albanese government’s new legislation will lower the threshold for designating terror groups.
“We have had enough of organisations that hate Australia, playing games with Australian law,” Mr Burke said.