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Jayson Joseph Michaels, 20, charged with planning a mass-casualty attack on WA Parliament, police HQ, and mosques; police seized firearms and extremist materials.
- On Friday, Jayson Joseph Michaels, 20, from Bindoon was charged with preparing for a terrorist act, using a carriage service to menace, possessing a prohibited weapon and firearms offences, and appeared in Perth Magistrates Court where he was remanded and will return on March 23, 2026.
- After monitoring encrypted communications in January and February, the WA Joint Counter Terrorism Team investigated the man's online activities and executed a search warrant at his Wheatbelt home on Thursday.
- Police seized a cache of firearms, imitation firearms, a ballistic vest, gas masks, lock-picking equipment, ammunition, and a notebook allegedly outlining attacks on WA Police Headquarters, Parliament House, and Muslim places of worship.
- Authorities said there is no ongoing threat while investigations continue and security was bolstered at Muslim places of worship and Parliament House.
- Police warned that online radicalisation can be rapid and urged parents, friends, and service providers to seek help for isolated young people, while the WA JCTT continues probing after the January 26 case involving Liam Alexander Hall.
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On Saturday, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanze announced the arrest of a young man from Western Australia on charges of planning an act that he described as "a terrorist and extremely shocking." The police charged "the planning of a terrorist act against a 20-year-old man from Bendon town, about 63 kilometres north of Perth, after he was suspected of preparing a statement containing plans to attack mosques, police headquarters and parlia…
Arrest of Australian man over alleged mosque terror plot 'deeply shocking', PM Albanese says
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Friday's arrest of a Western Australian man over an alleged terror plot targeting mosques, police and a parliament building was "deeply shocking". The 20-year-old from the town of Bindoon about 63 km north of state capital Perth was later charged by police with planning…
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