There were seven arrested in total after police stopped what police chief commissioner Graham Ashton said was a potential multi-mode attack at Federation Square, Flinders Street Station and St Paul's Cathedral.

On 23 December 2016 seven people were arrested in Melbourne for plotting an attack on Christmas Day. Properties were raided at Campbellfield, Dallas, Victoria, Flemington, Gladstone Park, and Meadow Heights.^[94][95]The attack was aimed at Melbourne's Flinders Street Station, Federation Square and St Paul's Cathedral, Melbourne. An explosive device and other weapons were to be used.

Three men have been charged and remanded in custody.  A 22-year-old man will face an out-of-sessions hearing later on Friday.

http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/seven-arrested-as-police-foil-planned-christmas-day-terror-attack-in-melbourne-20161222-gtgz90.html

Imagine what would have been if their plans weren't stopped.

A terrorist attack on Christmas day is low even for terrorist

Can't we ask China to build another Island for people like that and drop them off and send a regulatory foodsupply. Than they have their dreamed caliphate and we are happy too :p. Because we don't have to pay as much to lock those guys up on the ling therm.

they have to present their evidence by March 17, and then the suspects have to face court on April 28. this just seems like a really long time, why the long wait?

The logical thing would be to execute them on the spot but since most western Justice systems love to treat criminals better than their victims they'll probably just get a slap on their wrists so they're ready for their next attack on Christmas.

Because there is only a finite amount of courts. There are hundreds of other cases to handle. I doubt the judges are just sitting there and waiting for the trials.

Good job Australia!

Merry christmas everybody!

This is supposedly the church

We also allow imams that spread hate and radical mosque's within our borders so we give them reason enough already, this is purely a cost reducing meassure. Since it turns out that the death penalty is not only inhumane (although for some cases I still think it's a great sollution for people like breivic and those who murder and those behind the attack in Paris), but it's also really expensive. Besides living on such an island isn't always such a nice thing, especially not if terrorist a dissagrees with terrorist B and any form of guards are at least a 1000 miles away ;p.