ABC was right to not pass speculation as fact, page-3

Absolute nonsense.

The ABC reported the exact same speculation, they just did so 6 hours late:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-12-...n-into-berlin-christmas-market-crowds/8136706

"Local broadcaster Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg cited security sources as saying the man was born on January 1, 1993 in Pakistan and was already known to police for minor offences."

"The arrested driver of the truck was a 23-year-old from Pakistan named Naved B, German newspaper Bild reported."

etc

The usual attempted whitewashing of the ABC's tarnished reporting.