<figure id="attachment_3237861" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-3237861" style="width: 1600px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" class="wp-image-3237861 size-full" src="https://media.freemalaysiatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/c88778c0-anthony-albanese.jpg" alt="Anthony Albanese" width="1600" height="1000" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-3237861" class="wp-caption-text">Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said there is no place in Australia for any kind of racially or religiously motivated prejudice or hate. (EPA Images pic)</figcaption></figure>
PERTH: The arrest of a man in Australia who allegedly planned a terrorist attack on public buildings and mosques was &#8220;deeply shocking&#8221;, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said late yesterday.
The 20-year-old appeared in Perth Magistrates Court yesterday, facing five charges, including one of acting in preparation for a terrorist act.
It followed an investigation into his online activities and a search of the home in the small town of Bindoon, around 75km north of Perth.
Western Australia Police Force said officers seized firearms, gas masks, a ballistic vest and a manifesto describing plans for a &#8220;mass casualty event&#8221; from the house where the man lived with his parents.
Police said targets outlined in a notebook included Muslim places of worship, as well as Western Australia&#8217;s Parliament House and police headquarters.
In a post on X late on Friday, Albanese said there was no place in Australia &#8220;for any kind of racially or religiously-motivated prejudice or hate&#8221;.
&#8220;The arrest of a WA man over an alleged racially-motivated terrorist plot is deeply shocking,&#8221; he wrote.
&#8220;Allegations the man was planning to target the Muslim community through attacks on mosques &#8211; as well as attacks on the WA police and parliament &#8211; are particularly distressing,&#8221; he said.
The man is also facing charges for firearms offences, possession of a prohibited weapon and online harassment.
Western Australia Police Commissioner Col Blanch said investigators believe the man was acting alone.

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