Christmas Day terror plotter Ahmed Mohamed has sentence cut in ‘most unusual appeal’ A man who helped plot a Christmas Day terror attack to behead people in Melbourne and firebombed a mosque had a major win in court.

(Radio Free Europe) An Iranian foundation close to the country’s Islamic government has praised the man who is accused of violently attacking novelist Salman Rushdie last year, leaving the writer severely injured, and said it was offering him a reward of farmland. […]

(Canberra Times) Canberra Olympic Pool has begun a trial of women’s and men’s only sessions in response to demand from migrant communities. During October, there will be a female-only session between 5.30pm to 7pm every Saturday and a male-only session between 5.30pm […]

(AAP) Attacked by a terrorist in Somalia, Mohammed Abdi sought protection and relocated to Australia. Years later his son Raghe Abdi was shot dead by police on a highway south of Brisbane in what was described as a “terrorism event.” Investigations suggested […]