Terror attack on Peter Dutton was dramatically thwarted with a private school boy accused of planning to rig a drone with homemade explosives

Published on: April 10, 2025

By PADRAIG COLLINS FOR DAILY MAIL AUSTRALIA

Published: 13:03 BST, 10 April 2025 | Updated: 13:16 BST, 10 April 2025

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton was the alleged target of a private school student’s terror plot.

The 16-year-old boy was arrested and charged last August after a joint counter-terrorism investigation by federal and Queensland police.

Sources claim the teen was allegedly planning to attack the Coalition leader’s property north of Brisbane, The Australian reported.

The teen was charged with a commonwealth offence of committing acts done ‘in preparation for, or planning, a terrorist act’.

He was committed to stand trial on a single charge relating to the alleged plot on Thursday.

The teenager, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was a pupil at one of Brisbane’s most prestigious private boys schools until his arrest.

He faces a maximum penalty of life imprisonment if he is convicted.

It is alleged the boy, who has been held in custody since his arrest, planned the attack from May 21 to July 15 last year.

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton (pictured) was the alleged target of a private school student’s terror plot

At a hearing in Brisbane’s Children’s Court on Thursday, the he was committed to stand trial in the Queensland Supreme Court.

No details were given during the hearing, nor in court documents, as to who was the target of the alleged plot.

But Mr Dutton reportedly has been made aware that he was the target of the alleged plot.

More to come.