PM’s plain speaking about motivations and excuses

The Commonwealth criminal code defines ‘terrorist act’ as one intended to coerce or influence the public or any government by intimidation to advance a political, religious or ideological cause and which causes one or more of the following: death, serious harm or danger to a person, serious damage to property, a serious risk to the health of safety of the public, or serious interference with, disruption to or destruction of critical infrastructure such as a telecommunications or electricity network.