Alleged terror teen Jordan Patten’s manifesto of madness reveals his ‘life’s purpose’ to kill

A 19-year-old charged with a terror offence after threatening to attack the Prime Minister and Labor MPs says he was motivated by Norwegian neo-Nazi Anders Breivik in an alleged manifesto.

Jordan Patten, 19, was arrested by NSW Police Counter Terrorism officers after he allegedly went to Newcastle member Tim Crakanthorp’s armed with weapons.

The alleged teenage extremist charged with a terror offence said killing was his “life’s purpose”, threatening to attack the Prime Minister and Labor MPs and was motivated by Norwegian neo-Nazi Anders Breivik.

The Australian can reveal the radical ramblings of 19-year-old NSW man Jordan Patten, who was charged on Thursday with planning a terror act after allegedly brandishing a knife, hammer and saw in Newcastle on Wednesday, including at state Labor MP Tim Crakanthorp’s office who he allegedly intended to kill.

The teen’s alleged extremist views are enclosed in a sprawling 205-page manifesto titled “Towards A Better Society”, which police said Patten distributed to MPs and has been obtained by The Australian.

He fronted via Newcastle Local Court on Thursday from custody in a brief mention, making no attempt for bail.

His manifesto – which The Australian has seen but has decided against quoting extensively – reveals Patten’s hatred of society, saying he believed he had no option other than to plan a deadly attack in an attempt to “eradicate” it.

On analysis of Patten’s alleged manifesto, his extremism appears on face value of the radical far right, although such is his wide-reaching hatred, including of all religions, it’s difficult to place him into a specific strand.

Alleged stills from Patten’s live stream.

Alleged stills from Patten’s live stream.

He proclaims to be “unquestionably right wing” but denies he is part of any one group. He does, however, praise the work of right-wing terrorists and mass murderers, including Anders Breivik, Brenton Tarrant and Payton Gendron, although he says he is not a nationalist because he hates the country Australia has become.

Patten allegedly live-streamed his foiled attack and he said it was the actions of the mass murders he idolised that motivated him.

He said their actions and words ignited his “fire”, but was particularly enthralled by the live-streaming of some of those attacks and that it had given him the “courage” to plan his own.

Patten reserved particular violent disdain for Labor governments.

He said he would target any Labor MP – the court heard on Thursday how police allege he intended to kill Mr Crakanthorp, who was targeted for his party affiliation – arguing to himself that they “brought this onto themselves”.

Mr Crakanthorp is not Patten’s local member, and the alleged attacker said he specifically travelled to target the Newcastle MP.

Patten also revealed he had planned earlier attacks but due to his “naivety” he had to abort each one, and that Wednesday’s attempts had been in the works for “about four months”.

Some of those alleged abandoned attacks, the alleged manifesto said, included a car attack on New Year’s Eve revellers in Sydney and knife attack on his own classmates, which he said would be the “perfect place”.

After watching a documentary on the Bourke Street massacre he said all he could think about was orchestrating his own attacking, calling it his “life’s purpose”.

Littered across the manifesto is hatred of all religions and a fierce animosity towards migrants, the LGBTQ+ community and feminists, among others.

Tim Crakanthorp at his Newcastle office. Photo: Instagram

On Thursday, acting magistrate Anthony Spence told the court Patten was accused of attending Mr Crakanthorp’s office “with intent to kill him due to his position as a member of parliament” and the matter had strong overtones of mental health issues.

Members of his family told media on Thursday that he was autistic.

Patten allegedly entered Mr Crakanthorp’s office briefly on Wednesday afternoon, captured within a seven-minute live-video that he posted to a video platform, before police later found him at Newcastle Museum about midday and arrested him soon after.

On Wednesday night, Mr Crakanthorp issued a statement saying he’d been in contact with police who assured him that nobody was harmed.

“I have been advised that the individual briefly walked in and out of my office, he left before making any contact with my staff,” the MP said.

Premier Chris Minns was in Newcastle on Wednesday during the incident alongside Labor Hunter MPs, all of who were safe and unaffected.

Patten faces life in prison if convicted.