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Authorities allege the posts violated Australian telecommunications laws by using digital services to menace, harass, or cause offense.
By Shula Rosen
An employee of Australia’s Queensland Police Service has been charged with 41 criminal offenses over alleged antisemitic and offensive online activity, including posts prosecutors say were connected to online reactions to the Bondi Beach terror attack that killed 15 people.
Muamer Nukic, 50, was arrested Monday and later appeared in a Brisbane court, where prosecutors accused him of publishing inflammatory material across multiple social media platforms over a period spanning nearly two years.
Authorities allege the posts violated Australian telecommunications laws by using digital services to menace, harass, or cause offense. Nukic has not entered pleas to the charges.
Court documents indicate that some of the alleged online comments were made in response to images and discussions circulating after the Bondi Beach attack in New South Wales.
The attack, which included the killing of a 10-year-old girl, took place outside the state where Nukic was employed. Prosecutors said the geographic separation did not diminish the seriousness of the alleged conduct.
In court, a police prosecutor described the posts as antisemitic and deeply offensive, arguing they formed part of a sustained pattern rather than isolated remarks.
The prosecutor told the magistrate the content appeared to minimize or praise violence and reflected an ideological hostility that extended beyond legitimate political discourse.
Defense counsel challenged that characterization, arguing the posts were political expressions and that Nukic identified as anti-Zionist rather than anti-Jewish.
The magistrate, however, ruled the alleged statements exceeded the bounds of political speech and could reasonably be interpreted as supporting violent acts.
Despite the number and severity of the charges, the court granted bail as the magistrate cited Nukic’s lack of prior criminal convictions and noted that the case centers on online expression rather than direct calls to carry out violence in Australia.
However, he was instructed to abide by certain conditions, such as living at an address known to authorities, reporting regularly, using only a mobile phone and avoiding social media networks.
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