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He had recently been released on parole. [14] 9 November 2018: Stabbing 1(+1 perpetrator) 2 2018 Melbourne stabbing attack - An attack that took place in Melbourne, when Hassan Khalif Shire Ali set fire to a Holden Rodeo utility on Bourke Street in the city's Central Business District. He then stabbed three pedestrians, killing one and wounding ...
The Bombing of Darwin in 1942 was the largest single attack ever mounted by a foreign power on Australia. From the 1920s Australia's defence thinking was dominated by British Imperial defence policy, which was embodied by the "Singapore strategy". This strategy involved the construction and defence of a major naval base at Singapore from which ...
Terrorism in Australia deals with terrorist acts in Australia as well as steps taken by the Australian government to counter the threat of terrorism. In 2004 the Australian government has identified transnational terrorism as also a threat to Australia and to Australian citizens overseas. [3]
List of conflicts in Australia is a timeline of events that includes wars, battles, rebellions, skirmishes, massacres, riots, and other related events that have occurred in the country of Australia's current geographical area, both before and after federation.
Perth, Western Australia: 7 [n 1] 0 7: A man shot and killed his wife and five children before committing suicide. [67] 30 September 1929: Palmyra, Western Australia: 3 [n 1] 4 7: A retired farmer shot and wounded four people at a house before killing two other people and himself. [68] 1 November 1928: Rockdale, New South Wales: 4 [n 1] 1 5
Stabbing attack and Familicide. Eight children aged 18 months to 15 years killed. Thirty-seven-year-old woman also found injured. The woman, Raina Mersane Ina Thaiday, was later charged with the murder of the children, seven of whom were hers, plus her niece. [32] January 2017 Melbourne car attack: 20 January 2017 Melbourne, Victoria: 6: 27 ...
The Wieambilla shootings was a religiously motivated terrorist attack in Australia on 12 December 2022. It involved the killing of police constables Matthew Arnold and Rachel McCrow, and civilian Alan Dare, at a rural property in Wieambilla, a locality in Queensland.
The Jewish community has been warning about an unacceptable rise in antisemitism for more than a year. We hoped it would never come to this, but today, our fears have been realised.” [60] The Jewish Council of Australia issued a statement condemning the attack, stating, "This reprehensible act of violence is an attack not only on the ...