Counter-terrorism police encouraged an autistic 13-year-old boy in his fixation on Islamic State in an undercover operation after his parents sought help from the authorities.

The boy, given the pseudonym Thomas Carrick, was later charged with terror offences after an undercover officer “fed his fixation” and “doomed” the rehabilitation efforts Thomas and his parents had engaged in, a Victorian children’s court magistrate found.

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    10 months ago

    There’s no such thing as Miranda rights in Australia - that’s an American law. We do however have “the right to silence”, and must be informed of that right by police on arrest so it has a similar effect.

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      10 months ago

      I didn’t say there were Miranda rights in Australia. I was referring the story I linked, which is from the US.