My daughter is nine months old. So at the weekend, I'm thinking I'm not going to the shops any more,
He tells the truth, based on his belief in his faith and his knowledge,
Nerves are so frayed, when the Bondi attack occurred, we were living in fear that a Muslim was the perpetrator,
I am acutely aware of the potential for heightened tensions within our diverse and multi-faith community,
What people saw [on Monday] brought them so many triggers and trauma especially for refugees, migrants and new arrivals,
There was nothing he could see that [his son] had gone that far down,
We will allege there is a degree of premeditation.. this person has travelled to that location... he's travelled with a knife and subsequently the bishop and the priest have been stabbed,
It is completely not acceptable to impede and injure police doing their duty or to damage police vehicles in the way that occurred last night,
We have got just as many questions about what was on the mind of the young person and that’s why an investigation is now important,
I just don’t think it helps the situation,
Why are we so quick to jump to a definition of terrorism when religion is involved?”
I made that declaration without hesitation,
He used the language of religion, we’re not debating that at all. In a sense that he targeted another religion, that’s not debatable,
He was not aware of any signs of becoming more extreme other than the fact that he was becoming more disobedient to his father. But that was about it. He didn’t see any tell-tale signs, so to speak,
What’s debatable is what mental state was this child in? Was he of a sane mind to even make such a rational call? All we’re saying is surely there was time for the police to do a more thorough investigation and a review before they labelled it a terrorist act,
I’m concerned that we’ve rushed to a pre-judgment of a 16-year-old child,
Not all those people there were rioting against the police, but those people who were, they can expect to be identified and arrested and put before the courts,
I was satisfied based on the information that was provided very early Tuesday morning that it met that criteria and I made that declaration without any hesitation,
It's very devastating, the Assyrian community have come from Iraq because they had been persecuted for being Christian,
We've had to employ two security guards to protect the mosque,