Election live: Peter Dutton ‘the target of teenage schoolboy drone bomb plot’

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton was allegedly the target of a teenage private school student’s terrorist plot – which sources allege involved homemade explosives and a drone.

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton was allegedly the target of a teenage private school student’s terrorist plot to attack his Queensland home, according to a stunning report published tonight.

The Australian is reporting a 16-year-old has been charged with buying ingredients to make a bomb and testing “homemade explosives” for a planned attack that sources allege involved a drone.

It is alleged the teenager, who has been held in custody since his arrest in August, planned the attack over two months, from May 21 to July 15 last year. He was today committed to stand trial.

Meanwhile, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has denied attacks linking his opponents to DOGE-style cuts will hurt US relations – and rejected an overture from China to “join hands” against Donald Trump’s tariffs.

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Originally published as Election live: Peter Dutton ‘the target of teenage schoolboy drone bomb plot’