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Australia politics live: ‘We got lucky’ with failed Perth attack says Burke; treasurer says economy will be ‘buffeted’
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Tony Burke considers Australia “so lucky” that an alleged attempted terrorist attack against Indigenous Australians on 26 January did no harm. In an address at an ANU National Security College dinner last night, the home affairs minister discussed the incident at this year’s Invasion Day rally in Perth attended by more than 2,500 people. In Canberra, Burke told the audience: double quotation mark The Australia Day arrest in Perth, for a number of reasons, it didn’t receive the publicity that it really should have. Read more: Albanese to address ‘shock and fear’ over alleged Invasion Day terror attack in annual Closing the Gap speech Read more
## Summary
Tony Burke considers Australia “so lucky” that an alleged attempted terrorist attack against Indigenous Australians on 26 January did no harm. In an address at an ANU National Security College dinner last night, the home affairs minister discussed the incident at this year’s Invasion Day rally in Perth attended by more than 2,500 people. In Canberra, Burke told the audience: double quotation mark The Australia Day arrest in Perth, for a number of reasons, it didn’t receive the publicity that it really should have. Read more: Albanese to address ‘shock and fear’ over alleged Invasion Day terror attack in annual Closing the Gap speech Read more
## Article Content
Tony Burke
considers Australia “so lucky” that an alleged
attempted terrorist attack
against Indigenous Australians on 26 January did no harm.
In an address at an ANU National Security College dinner last night, the home affairs minister discussed the incident at this year’s Invasion Day rally in Perth attended by more than 2,500 people.
Western Australian police allege a 31-year-old man threw a homemade fragment bomb containing screws and ball-bearings surrounded by explosive liquid. The device did not detonate.
In Canberra, Burke told the audience:
double quotation mark
The Australia Day arrest in Perth, for a number of reasons,
it didn’t receive the publicity that it really should have. But can I just say – we got so lucky. We got so lucky
.
This was not a stunt. The person who threw the pipe bomb into the middle of a crowd of First Nations protesters believed that – if you look at what it was – this was something where there was a reasonable expectation it would have gone off, and the number of people who then would have been killed. The fact that that didn’t happen is not through any planning. We just got lucky.
Read more:
Albanese to address ‘shock and fear’ over alleged Invasion Day terror attack in annual Closing the Gap speech
Read more
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## Expert Analysis
### Merits
N/A
### Areas for Consideration
- Read more: Albanese to address ‘shock and fear’ over alleged Invasion Day terror attack in annual Closing the Gap speech Read more
### Implications
- In Canberra, Burke told the audience: double quotation mark The Australia Day arrest in Perth, for a number of reasons, it didn’t receive the publicity that it really should have.
### Expert Commentary
This article covers lucky, burke, australia topics. Areas of concern are also raised. Readability: Flesch-Kincaid grade 0.0. Word count: 219.
Tony Burke considers Australia “so lucky” that an alleged attempted terrorist attack against Indigenous Australians on 26 January did no harm. In an address at an ANU National Security College dinner last night, the home affairs minister discussed the incident at this year’s Invasion Day rally in Perth attended by more than 2,500 people. In Canberra, Burke told the audience: double quotation mark The Australia Day arrest in Perth, for a number of reasons, it didn’t receive the publicity that it really should have. Read more: Albanese to address ‘shock and fear’ over alleged Invasion Day terror attack in annual Closing the Gap speech Read more
## Article Content
Tony Burke
considers Australia “so lucky” that an alleged
attempted terrorist attack
against Indigenous Australians on 26 January did no harm.
In an address at an ANU National Security College dinner last night, the home affairs minister discussed the incident at this year’s Invasion Day rally in Perth attended by more than 2,500 people.
Western Australian police allege a 31-year-old man threw a homemade fragment bomb containing screws and ball-bearings surrounded by explosive liquid. The device did not detonate.
In Canberra, Burke told the audience:
double quotation mark
The Australia Day arrest in Perth, for a number of reasons,
it didn’t receive the publicity that it really should have. But can I just say – we got so lucky. We got so lucky
.
This was not a stunt. The person who threw the pipe bomb into the middle of a crowd of First Nations protesters believed that – if you look at what it was – this was something where there was a reasonable expectation it would have gone off, and the number of people who then would have been killed. The fact that that didn’t happen is not through any planning. We just got lucky.
Read more:
Albanese to address ‘shock and fear’ over alleged Invasion Day terror attack in annual Closing the Gap speech
Read more
---
## Expert Analysis
### Merits
N/A
### Areas for Consideration
- Read more: Albanese to address ‘shock and fear’ over alleged Invasion Day terror attack in annual Closing the Gap speech Read more
### Implications
- In Canberra, Burke told the audience: double quotation mark The Australia Day arrest in Perth, for a number of reasons, it didn’t receive the publicity that it really should have.
### Expert Commentary
This article covers lucky, burke, australia topics. Areas of concern are also raised. Readability: Flesch-Kincaid grade 0.0. Word count: 219.
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