Morrison plans to cut migration to focus more on skilled workers.
How about taking off the PC blinkers, and restrict immigration to exclude middle eastern muslims?
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Three men have been arrested for allegedly planning a terror attack in Melbourne designed to kill as many people as possible in a crowded place.The arrests come after a series of police raids in Melbourne's north-west on Tuesday morning. It is not known whether the arrests are connected to Hassan Khalif Shire Ali, who went on a deadly rampage on Bourke Street less than a fortnight ago.Police allege the group was inspired by Islamic State and had become more energised in the last week.PauseUnmuteCurrent Time 1:18/Duration 4:35Loaded: 0%Progress: 0% FullscreenThree men have been arrested in police raids on four properties this morning for allegedly undertaking preparations for planning a terrorist act in Melbourne.In recent days, they had tried to obtain a .22 semi-automatic rifle, police allege.Police Commissioner Graham Ashton said the investigation that led to today's arrests had been running since March. The men had been of interest to intelligence agencies since early 2017, he said.Three men, all Australian nationals of Turkish background, are in custody including a 30-year-old Dallas man, a 26-year-old Campbellfield man and 21-year-old Greenvale man after police executed four warrants at separate houses.A fourth property was also searched in Coolaroo.Police allege the three men, two of whom are related, were undertaking preparations for planning a terrorist plot in Melbourne."Over the last week those intentions have escalated," Mr Ashton said."Certainly, in our view, while a specific location was not finalised there was a view towards a crowded place,we allege, to kill maximum number of people possible," Mr Ashton said.RELATED ARTICLEBOURKE STREET ATTACKPremier and police commissioner knew Bourke St attacker was on bailAdd to shortlist"They were looking at a place of mass gathering, a place where there was going to be crowds.""As we start to head into Christmas time, there's a lot of mass gatherings occurring," he said.Victoria's counter-terrorism boss Ross Guenther said that within the last few days, the men were attempting to acquire at least one .22 semi-automatic rifles. "They were in the process of making that acquisition," he said.All the men held Australian passports, which were cancelled this year, the first in January, another in March and a third in October. Police said the passports were cancelled as authorities believed the men were intending to travel to a conflict zone.Two have no criminal history at all, one has one recorded offence from 2007 - for failing to display L plates.None of the men were on bail.They are expected to face court today.Police guard the house of a suspect terrorist in Dallas on TuesdayCREDIT:LUIS ENRIQUE ASCUIAssistant Commissioner Guenther said it was believed the men became radicalised as a group."When people are prevented from travelling or it's difficult to get to the conflict zone, then often the view will be well, 'I'll change tack and commit an act in the country in which I live'," he said."We've seen that all over the world."AFP Assistant Commissioner Ian McCartney said had police not acted, the consequences could have been "chilling, with potential significant loss of human life".He said the men would face serious charges carrying a maximum penalty of life in prison.Police said the men were using encrypted communications, which made it hard for police to determine precise details of an attack.The operation involved Victoria Police, the Australian Federal Police, the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO), and other agencies that form part of the Joint Counter Terrorism Team.Counter terrorism raids in Dallas on Tuesday.CREDIT:MELISSA CUNNINGHAMOn Tuesday morning the quiet suburban neighbourhood in Dallas was under heavy police guard and a block of units was cordoned off with police tape.Heavily armed specialist police officers were scouring the outside of the house and front garden as more police cars with forensic police inside pulled up.One man, who was visiting his brother in the house next door, said the family woke to find police storming the block of units.The man who spoke to Fairfax Media on the condition of anonymity said his family had fled war-torn Iraq about 18 years ago."We saw the police cars and wondered what was going on," he said."It's pretty scary after what happened the week before last in the city...nobody wants to be around people driving crazy or people doing the wrong thing...that's why we came to Australia to get away from things like this but it seems to be happening more and more."The block of units is less than a kilometre away from the Broadmeadows mosque.
