Australia news live: white supremacist organisation reportedly listed as terror group; fatal stabbing of Sydney man investigated
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Title: Welcome
Content: Good morning and welcome to our live news blog. I'm Martin Farrer with the best of the overnight stories before Rafqa Touma takes you through the day.
The Albanese government has reportedly listed white supremacist network Terrorgram as a terrorist organisation. Penny Wong announced sanctions on the group earlier this year. The home affairs minister, Tony Burke, will have more to say on that soon.
The big domestic political event of the day comes in Canberra with a joint Coalition party room meeting to discuss reforms and the federal election review. Our report this morning tells us that Sussan Ley will be seeking a more inclusive policymaking process in order to avoid the mistakes of the Dutton era. We'll have more coming up.
And as we reported earlier in the week, staffers from the offices of the New South Wales premier, Chris Minns, and the police minister, Yasmin Catley, have agreed to appear before a parliamentary inquiry into the Dural caravan 'fake terrorism plot' today – we'll have more on that.
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Date: 2025-06-26T21:09:00.000Z
Title: Martin Farrer
Content: Thank you for getting the blog rolling this morning. I'll be updating you from here – let's go.
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Date: 2025-06-26T21:02:52.000Z
Title: Sydney man dies from stab wounds in driveway
Content: NSW police are investigating after a man died from stabbing wounds in Sydney overnight.
Police were called to Pemulwuy in Sydney's west at around 10.45pm on Thursday, they said in a statement, after reports a man 'believed to be aged in his 20s' was found wounded in a house driveway.
He was treated by paramedics but was unable to be revived and died at the scene, police said.
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Date: 2025-06-26T21:02:28.000Z
Title: Welcome
Content: Good morning and welcome to our live news blog. I'm Martin Farrer with the best of the overnight stories before Rafqa Touma takes you through the day.
The Albanese government has reportedly listed white supremacist network Terrorgram as a terrorist organisation. Penny Wong announced sanctions on the group earlier this year. The home affairs minister, Tony Burke, will have more to say on that soon.
The big domestic political event of the day comes in Canberra with a joint Coalition party room meeting to discuss reforms and the federal election review. Our report this morning tells us that Sussan Ley will be seeking a more inclusive policymaking process in order to avoid the mistakes of the Dutton era. We'll have more coming up.
And as we reported earlier in the week, staffers from the offices of the New South Wales premier, Chris Minns, and the police minister, Yasmin Catley, have agreed to appear before a parliamentary inquiry into the Dural caravan 'fake terrorism plot' today – we'll have more on that.
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Palestine Action are not terrorists. The RAF is just grossly incompetent
One can see why the Government is proposing to proscribe Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation. That anyone could enter the RAF base at Brize Norton, one of the most significant we have, and smear red paint on planes was deeply humiliating. Once, the commanding officer of the base would have resigned immediately; the security officer would have been moved to the cookhouse, if he was lucky; and the Defence Secretary would have offered his resignation. But no-one resigns these days, so branding the intruders 'terrorists', as if they were some ruthless group trained to outwit military professionals, with death and destruction their aim, makes them sound all the more formidable, and their victims all the more helpless. It is an unconvincing cover for the sort of grotesque incompetence that characterises our public sector and public services. That was the RAF; the next day it was the Metropolitan Police unable to prevent an epidemic of daylight robbery on the streets of the West End; the next NHS maternity services that humiliate and degrade women giving birth. What Palestine Action, however organised and bonkers and loathsome they are, did was not terrorism: it was vandalism. You might as well call football hooligans terrorists, or the groups of louts who on hot summer evenings riot because they are bored and the police upset them by seeking to restore order. Terrorism is a truly abhorrent, lethal, wicked and repulsive thing: chucking paint over planes and ridiculing the RAF and the Government in the process does not even begin to compare with it. This devaluation of a word with a precise meaning is highly dangerous. Lord (Toby) Young, in his excellent work for the Free Speech Union, has disclosed that Prevent – the increasingly preposterous, Left-leaning body that tries to stop terrorism at its roots – has done research that suggests 'red flags' for spotting potential far-right terrorists are people who like, among other things, Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four, GK Chesterton's poems, The Bridge On the River Kwai, The Dam Busters and Yes, Minister. Where do I give myself up? Many of us remember real terrorism, perpetrated by real terrorists: the Birmingham and Guildford Bombings; the Hyde Park Bombings; murders in Manchester, both by the IRA in 1992 and 1996 and, a generation later, an Islamic extremist who killed 22 at the city's Arena in 2017; the massacre on 7/7, which killed 52 innocent people in 2005; and if that's not enough, Lockerbie. I could go on. Does all that utter horror compare with exposing the pitiful security at Brize Norton and slapping paint on planes? Of course not. This seemed to start in 2016, after the abominable murder of Jo Cox, the Labour MP, by Thomas Mair, a recluse and weirdo unknown to the authorities. He was rapidly branded a 'terrorist' by politicians when it became clear he had a deeply unhealthy obsession with the far-right and its doctrines. He was a member of no terrorist organisation. What he did was appalling, but he was no more a terrorist than any politically-motivated psychopath acting alone. Ms Cox's murder came days before the Brexit vote. Those who branded Mair a 'terrorist' (and the authorities rapidly followed suit) were surely not trying to associate him with the Brexit movement – were they? On Friday, four people were arrested over the Brize Norton incident. If convicted, they must suffer exemplary punishment. However, I hope the Government accepts its responsibilities for such pathetic security. And I also hope that in future it reserves the term 'terrorist' for those who really merit it, rather than diluting it for idiotic troublemakers or lethal misfits.
The Sun
an hour ago
- The Sun
Two more arrested in terror probe of Palestine Action's reckless RAF Brize Norton vandalism
TWO more people have been arrested in a terror probe after Palestine Action's RAF Brize Norton vandalism. Counter Terrorism officers have arrested two more men after aircraft were damaged in Oxfordshire. 3 3 Two men, aged 22 and 24, both from London, were arrested on suspicion of the commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism. The arrests, which took place this afternoon, come after damage was caused to two aircraft at RAF Brize Norton on June 20. On Thursday, a 29-year-old woman and two men aged 36 and 24, both from London, were also arrested in connection with this investigation. Video posted online at the time showed two yobs from Palestine Action vandalising Voyager aircraft at the base. In the clip, one protester can be seen moving towards an Airbus Voyager air-to-air refuelling tanker while on an electric scooter. The activist then appears to spray red paint into the rear of one of the aircraft's two engines. Moving the spout of the repurposed fire extinguisher around the rim of the jet engine, red paint can be seen sprayed deep into the aircraft. Then, a loud thumping sound loud thumping sound can be heard as the camera pans to the activist's scooter - also showing red paint on the tarmac next to the aircraft at the Oxfordshire base. It is unclear if this sound is what the group claims was "crowbar" damage to the aircraft or just another form of damage to the engines. The pair of activists can then be seen roaming free across the grounds of the airbase on electric scooters as they "evaded security". The MoD has slammed the "vandalism of Royal Air Force assets" in a scathing statement. Brize Norton is the largest RAF airbase and home to more than 6,000 military and civilian personnel as well as the UK's largest military aircraft. A spokeswoman for the ministry said: "Our armed forces represent the very best of Britain. "They put their lives on the line for us, and their display of duty, dedication and selfless personal sacrifice are an inspiration to us all. "It is our responsibility to support those who defend us." Prime Minister Keir Starmer condemned the attack as "disgraceful". In a post on social media condemning the UK's military action in the Middle East, Palestine Action referenced RAF flights over Gaza departing from the force's base - RAF Akrotiri - in Cyprus. It also claimed its activists had put the supply planes "out of service" while managing to "evade security and arrest". The Ministry of Defence has said it was working closely with the police, who are investigating. Enquiries are ongoing at this time.
Telegraph
an hour ago
- Telegraph
Two further arrests after Palestine Action RAF base break-in
Two more men have been arrested after two planes at an RAF base were vandalised in an action claimed by soon-to-be banned campaign group Palestine Action. Counter Terrorism Policing South East said the men, aged 22 and 24 and both from London, were arrested on Saturday afternoon on suspicion of the commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism, contrary to Section 41 of the Terrorism Act 2000. On Thursday, police said a woman aged 29 of no fixed address and two men aged 36 and 24 from London had been taken into custody after the incident at RAF Brize Norton on June 20. A 41-year-old woman of no fixed address was also arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender, they previously said. Palestine Action previously posted footage online showing people inside the Oxfordshire base, with one person appearing to ride an electric scooter up to an Airbus Voyager air-to-air refuelling tanker, before spraying paint into its jet engine. Yvette Cooper, the Home Secretary, made the decision to proscribe Palestine Action following the incident, with the arrests coming just days before the proscription is set to come into force. Support for the group will become a criminal offence punishable by up to 14 years in prison when the ban comes into effect as soon as next Friday. Palestine Action has staged demonstrations that have included spraying the London offices of Allianz Insurance with red paint and vandalising Donald Trump's Turnberry golf course in South Ayrshire. As she announced plans for Palestine Action's proscription, Ms Cooper said the group's methods had become 'more aggressive', with its members showing 'willingness to use violence'. At the time of the incident, the group said it had 'directly intervened in the genocide and prevented crimes against the Palestinian people' by 'decommissioning two military planes'. Palestine Action said Thursday's arrests 'further demonstrates that proscription is not about enabling prosecutions under terrorism laws – it's about cracking down on non-violent protests which disrupt the flow of arms to Israel during its genocide in Palestine'.
