18 Sep 2014

The Panel with Chris Trotter and Ellen Read (Part 1)

From The Panel, 4:07 pm on 18 September 2014

Topics - pre-dawn raids across Sydney may have thwarted a plot by an Islamist terror cell to kidnap and behead a random member of the public. One man's been charged with serious terrorism-related offences and another 14 detained. Something was thought to be up after Australia's outgoing spy chief, ASIO director David Irvine, raised the terror alert level to "high" last week.The Commodore is in, in Fiji. Frank Bainimarama's Fiji First Party has 60 percent of the vote at last count, five times ahead of his nearest rival.