Australia’s defence spending to be released today, house prices soar on global debt scale and Julian Assange extradition talks continue.
Home Affairs Minister Clare O’Neil said the government has enormous confidence in people who work in security services, after a teenager was arrested after a terror attack at a Western Sydney church on Monday. A teenager allegedly stabbed Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel who was preaching at Christ the Good Shepherd Church in Wakeley on Monday night. Authorities declared it a terror attack the following day.
“To have an incident like this occur particularly in the context of people calmly worshipping is just something that’s so awful to see,” O’Neil said on Seven’s Sunrise this morning.The minister was questioned about the country’s security services, and how they responded to the attack. “I’ve got an enormous level of confidence in the people who work in this area,” she told the program.
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