Terrorism

The attempted alleged bombing of an Invasion Day rally in Perth has sparked a parliamentary inquiry into racism, hate and violence directed at Indigenous people.

Ecuador announces joint operations with the United States to combat drug trafficking, which has caused an explosion of violence in the South American country.

Cuban prosecutors charge six people with "crimes of terrorism" after a speedboat in Cuban waters allegedly opened fire on a border guard vessel last week.

Western Australia is transitioning to tougher firearms laws — but despite the changes, 20-year-old Jayson Joseph Michaels and his father were allowed to keep their collection of seven guns at the family's Bindoon home.

Perth man accused of plotting terror attack

News of 20-year-old Jayson Joseph Michaels being charged with acting in preparation for a "mass casualty" terror act has left his school friends in disbelief.

Opposition Leader Angus Taylor has escalated his attack on the federal government over its response to the so-called "ISIS brides" cohort.

Jayson Joseph Michaels, 20, left school to undertake a TAFE course in IT and worked as a labourer in Bindoon, the ABC can reveal.

Terrorism police in Perth investigate a disturbance outside a Perth mosque overnight and the discovery of a "non-suspicious substance" on the footpath outside.

The charging of two young West Australian men with terror offences show the challenges facing social cohesion, and solving the problem is not going to be easy.

The ABC has gathered, verified and geolocated dozens of videos of the Bondi terror attack and compiled them into a single, synchronised timeline. 

As gunshots rang out at Bondi, dozens of eyewitnesses risked their lives to film the horror. This is what they wanted you to see.

History was made in WA when police charged a person for the first time with preparing a terrorist attack. What do we know?

Cuban coastguard troops shot dead four people and injured six others they claimed were approaching the country on a speedboat filled with weapons set to be used in an act of terror.

The fate of the "ISIS brides" is inextricably linked to constitutional facts but the debate about their future is not taking place in a legal chamber — it is being fought in the court of public opinion.

A suspected serial violent homophobe linked to an Islamic State terrorist network has walked free on probation after pleading guilty to a brutal snuff-video-style gay bashing.

More than 200 police officers equipped with long-arm rifles will be deployed to places of worship, major events and mass gatherings like protests on a risk basis.

An ABC investigation has obtained distressing videos and victims' accounts of IS sympathisers hunting and bashing gay and bisexual boys on camera in Sydney.

The Bondi Beach terrorist attack signalled the resurgence of the Islamic State terrorist group in Australia.

For the past two years, ABC Investigations has tracked the group's revival, identifying key figures, mapping the network and raising questions about the response of police, intelligence agencies and governments.

A landmark royal commission begins today to probe the prevalence of antisemitism in Australia and shed light on the events surrounding the Bondi Beach terror attack.