Dutton speaks on being reported target of alleged terror plot, Albanese shows support

The opposition leader, Peter Dutton, has talked about being attacked in a supposed terrorist plot, while Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has communicated to support his opponent.

Dutton was the planned objective of a 16 -year -old boy who faces the Court for allegedly buying ingredients to make bombs to prepare for an attack in Brisbane, The Australian He has reported.

Dutton was asked about the alleged incident at a press conference this afternoon, where he said that his first thoughts had always been about the safety of his family.

“The Federal Police of Australia (AFP) does a great job and have constant discussions and dialogue with us,” he said.

Dutton said he has had the same security details as Prime Minister and Governor General Sam Mostyn after his time as an immigration minister of 2014-17 when he deported thousands of criminals and supervised the sovereign operation.

“There has been an impact on my family. They have been stoic and they never complained about the security that has already been around me and the Federal Police at home,” he said.

“But that is what began the need for security and I would not change any of that because I know that the decisions I actually made women to become victims of rapists and I know that the murders I deported from our country are no longer a threat to Australian people.

“I am incredibly grateful to the AFP that my family remains safe. I have never felt insecure one day in this work.”

Dutton has spent the day defending questions about the alleged horror plot. Today early in a Forum in Western Australia in Perth, he refused to answer a question about it and, on the other hand, said that politics is “brutal matter, no doubt about it.”

“It is the reason why my three children have been cured of any interest in politics and I see it as a small blessing,” he said.

“I feel an immense sense of pride to be able to work on the work in which I work and make a decision at some point in his life that wishes to abandon his anonymity and contribute to a country that loves a lot.”

Albanese said he contacted Dutton this morning after hearing the reports, adding that there was no place in politics for this type of threats.

“I have communicated with Peter Dutton this morning and it is a fact that the amount of threats that have been made to parliamentarians have increased in recent times and that the appropriate authorities have reported on,” he said.

“I have been subject to a variety of problems, at least one of which is before the legal processes at this time.

“There should be no place, there is no place at all in politics for any of this and I have assured that every time any member of Parliament, regardless of who they are, have requested support, they have received it.”

Both leading party leaders have also been forced to increase their safety due to protests throughout the campaign before federal elections on May 3.

AFP reports growing threats against politicians

The AFP Commissioner, Reece Kershaw, before the federal path of the electoral campaign, he told the estimated Senate that there had been an increase in the reports of threats to the senior holders of federal charges, federal politicians, dignitaries and electoral offices.

The numbers grew from 555 in 2021-22 to 1009 in 2023-24.

Australia is on the way to overcome that figure this year, since there have already been 712 reports from financial year 2024 to February 28.

“The politicians who have been attacked are in the political spectrum, live throughout Australia and are of different origins,” he said in his opening statement.

“Many of these threats are aimed at male politicians and senior holders. However, the nature of the threats and comments aimed at parliamentarians and senior holders of charges are particularly worrying.

“Australia politicians and senior holders are being attacked because they have a public profile, due to the comments they have made in the media or their positions on politics.

“However, in some cases, it seems that male criminals point to women, because they are women, or women with ethnic history.”

Six men, between 29 and 64, have been charged by five separated incidents in the last 13 weeks.

The AFP has developed specific election security councils before federal elections and has an incident coordination center that operates seven days a week to administer any incident related to the elections.

“This goes to the heart of protecting our democracy and ensuring that cowards behind correspondence do not silence the voices that serve and contribute to Australia,” Kershaw said.