{"id":501609,"date":"2026-06-29T20:37:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T20:37:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/501609\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T20:37:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T20:37:09","slug":"more-charges-laid-against-nz-man-arrested-at-australian-border-with-violent-extremist-material","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/501609\/","title":{"rendered":"More charges laid against NZ man arrested at Australian border with violent extremist material"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"NQVPqQgxO\" style=\"display:none\">The man was charged with one count of possessing violent extremist material, with a further charge of distributing said material laid in March amid ongoing investigations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"NQVPqQgxO\" style=\"display:none\">Months on from his arrest, the 24-year-old appeared in Perth Magistrates Court on Saturday to face four new charges stemming from the WA counter terrorism team\u2019s investigations.<\/p>\n<p><img  alt=\"The 24-year-old was arrested at the Australian border in February after flying into Perth where he lived. Photo \/ AFP\" class=\"article-media__image responsively-lazy\" data-test-ui=\"article-media__image\"\/>The 24-year-old was arrested at the Australian border in February after flying into Perth where he lived. Photo \/ AFP<\/p>\n<p class=\"NQVPqQgxO\" style=\"display:none\">The additional charges include two counts of transmitting violent extremist material, one count of obtaining possession of objectionable material, and one count of transmitting objectionable material.<\/p>\n<p class=\"NQVPqQgxO\" style=\"display:none\">The WA JCTT, which includes members from AFP, Western Australian Police Force (WAPF) and the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO), allege the man obtained the violent extremist and objectionable material before sharing it with another person via the internet.<\/p>\n<p class=\"NQVPqQgxO\" style=\"display:none\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/nz\/nz-man-in-perth-charged-over-alleged-violent-extremist-material-as-expert-warns-of-radicalisation-risk\/NZSA4NU23BFMRG6IJAKZDPQIAQ\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/nz\/nz-man-in-perth-charged-over-alleged-violent-extremist-material-as-expert-warns-of-radicalisation-risk\/NZSA4NU23BFMRG6IJAKZDPQIAQ\/\">Following the man\u2019s arrest in February<\/a>, AFP Commander Nick Read described the spread of violent extremist material as a threat to Australia\u2019s social fabric.<\/p>\n<p class=\"NQVPqQgxO\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cThere is no place in Australian society for violent or extremist content, which terrorist organisations use as a tool to radicalise members of the community, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/nz\/extremist-groups-target-nz-children-in-sadistic-online-exploitation-campaign\/UM2UNCCEJBBGHCUGKRKMB6DA6E\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/nz\/extremist-groups-target-nz-children-in-sadistic-online-exploitation-campaign\/UM2UNCCEJBBGHCUGKRKMB6DA6E\/\" target=\"_blank\">particularly young or vulnerable people<\/a>,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"NQVPqQgxO\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cOur top priority is to keep Australians safe from anyone who seeks to do them harm.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"NQVPqQgxO\" style=\"display:none\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/nz\/the-daily-h-your-fast-smart-guide-to-the-days-biggest-headlines\/VQR5CULLQRECZP2ORSWPGDORBU\/?utm_source=nzherald&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_id=nz_cta\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/nz\/the-daily-h-your-fast-smart-guide-to-the-days-biggest-headlines\/VQR5CULLQRECZP2ORSWPGDORBU\/?utm_source=nzherald&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_id=nz_cta\" target=\"_blank\">Sign up to The Daily H<\/a>, a free newsletter curated by our editors and delivered straight to your inbox every weekday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The man was charged with one count of possessing violent extremist material, with a further charge of distributing&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":501610,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[35678,9092,7818,11924,1975,1135,29893,8605,1873,19667,12938,305,15167,5158,6287,130,111,43,139,69,61455,1642,27304,33244,13660,20424,102,35111],"class_list":["post-501609","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-additional","tag-against","tag-allegedly","tag-arrested","tag-at","tag-australian","tag-authorities","tag-border","tag-charges","tag-extremist","tag-filed","tag-have","tag-laid","tag-man","tag-material","tag-more","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-objectionable","tag-online","tag-possessing","tag-raft","tag-sharing","tag-violent","tag-with","tag-zealander"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501609","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=501609"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501609\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/501610"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=501609"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=501609"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=501609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}