http://www.jamestown.org/terrorism/news/article.php?articleid=2369841
Trevor Stanley
"On November 9 Australian police raided properties in Melbourne and Sydney, arresting 17 men and seizing bomb-making materials
Since September 11, 2001, Australians have been warned that an attack on Australian soil by al-Qaeda or its allies is probable, if not inevitable. In October, ASIO (Australian Security Intelligence Organization) released its 2004/05 annual report, which warned of the risk of 'home grown' terrorists. Despite evidence of networks, training and preliminary planning for terrorist attacks in Australia before and after 9/11, several raids and waves of anti-terrorist legislation, only one person - Jack Roche - has been convicted of terrorist offences in Australia to date. This has led some in the country to speculate that the domestic terrorist threat was exaggerated. But the thwarting of a terrorist plot in its late planning stages in early November shows that the threat is very real."
