On August 4 this year, probably the most dramatic of Australian counter-terrorist operations took place in the Melbourne suburbs and in the western Victorian country town of Colac. It was a multi-force operation, involving the Australian Federal Police, the Victorian Police and ASIO.It made the late editions of morning papers and, of course, television news. The precise number of people wanted in connection with this action, code-named Operation Neath, is still not clear; but at present about fi…
