Second Gold Coast man charged with violent extremist material offences
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A Gold Coast man will face court on Wednesday after counter-terrorism police charged him and another man with violent extremist material offences.
Police allege the 51-year-old Pacific Pines man possessed and shared violent videos and propaganda messages linked to terrorist organisations including Hamas, Hezbollah, Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, Ansar Allah, and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ).
The 51-year-old man was arrested at a Pacific Pines home. Australian Federal Police
The material was allegedly shared with friends and family through an encrypted social platform dating back to 2014.
Australian Border Force (ABF) officers searched the man’s phone after he returned to Australia from the United Arab Emirates in October 2025.
ABF officers will allege they found suspected violent extremist material and seized the phone for forensic examination, before alerting the Australian Federal Police (AFP).
An investigation was launched by the Queensland Joint Counter Terrorism Team, which raided a Pacific Pines home on November 13, 2025.
During the search, police alleged they found violent extremist material on an electronic device.
Police charged another resident, a 19-year-old man, on the day.
He was charged with five offences after allegedly sharing the material with family members and friends from last January to April last year. He was later released on bail.
The 51-year-old man was charged with using a carriage service for violent extremist material, as well as six counts of possessing or controlling violent extremist material.
The older male is expected to appear before Southport Magistrates Court on Wednesday.
If found guilty, the man could face a maximum penalty of five years’ jail per offence.
Investigations are ongoing.
“There is no place in Australian society for violent or extremist content, which terrorist organisations use as a tool to radicalise members of the community, particularly young or vulnerable people,” AFP Assistant Commissioner Peter Crozier said.
“The AFP, together with our state, Commonwealth and international partners, is actively targeting those who promote hatred, as decency and respect are core values every member of our community has the right to expect.
“Our top priority is to keep Australians safe from anyone who seeks to do them harm.”
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