Overview
- Michaels, who appeared by video from custody, learned Wednesday he faces six more counts for child abuse material, violent extremist material on his devices, objectionable material, and a bulletproof vest.
- He remains held at Casuarina Prison and will return to Stirling Gardens Magistrates Court on July 8.
- Magistrate Janet Whitbread directed prosecutors to give his lawyers all supporting evidence by June 10.
- The new counts add to earlier allegations of preparing for a terrorist act, firearms and ammunition offences, and using a carriage service to menace.
- Police say a February raid on his Bindoon home uncovered a diary and devices detailing plans against WA Parliament House, WA Police headquarters and Perth mosques, along with two guns, about 900 rounds of ammunition, knives, white supremacist material, and the Watch People Die site.