A leading military adviser has said that a terrorist attack in Australia is “inevitable.” David Kilcullen, former military adviser to the US military in Iraq, said during an interview that those who believed the government could prevent a terrorist attack were in “dream land”, arguing that: “The question is how bad it will be, how we will respond and how we focus on recovery from that kind of attack.” The Australian Federal Police (AFP) have warned there are no plans for any special security measures at this time.
A leading military adviser has said that a terrorist attack in Australia is “inevitable.” David Kilcullen, former military adviser to the US military in Iraq, said during an interview that those who believed the government could prevent a terrorist attack were in “dream land”, arguing that: “The question is how bad it will be, how we will respond and how we focus on recovery from that kind of attack.” The country’s justice minister, Michael Keenan, disagreed with Kilcullen’s assessment, stating that the government was constantly evaluating and preventing threats before they materialised into attacks on Australian soil.