Dural caravan: NSW Police find explosives in caravan; synagogue targeted

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has bristled at questions about when he was briefed about the caravan packed with powerful explosives, saying he does not go into operational matters.
NSW Police kept the domestic terrorism plot from the public despite being discovered in Dural 10 days earlier, which Albanese supported as necessary.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in January.Credit: Alex Ellinghausen
“The facts have been put out there. Now, I receive regular briefings from our national security agencies and from the Australian Federal Police. I’ve certainly discussed the issue with the premier of New South Wales, Chris Minns, New South Wales Police have people in custody,” Albanese told ABC Sydney.
“I don’t go into operational details. The important things here are two things. One is that the priority must be keeping Australians safe. And in this case, this incident has been discovered, people have been held to account about ongoing investigations. And that’s the second thing that needs to happen, is that the job of politicians is to support our security agencies.”
Albanese agreed with suggestions this was an act of terrorism.
“It’s clearly designed to harm people, but it’s also designed to create fear in the community, and that is a very definition as it comes in,” he said.