<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A man accused of plotting a mass </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/wa-man-charged-terrorism-offence/f8d81f59-afc8-48ad-b91b-2ced477fff8a" rel="" target="" title="casualty terror attack targeting"><span>casualty terror attack targeting</span></a><span> public buildings and places of worship believed his assault would be worse than the murderous Bondi Beach mass shootings.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Jayson Joseph Michaels detailed his alleged plan for a violent assault on WA police headquarters, WA Parliament House and mosques in a diary, the Perth Magistrates Court was told during a failed bid for bail on Wednesday.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The 20-year-old is facing five charges, including acting in preparation for a terrorist act, after police seized the diary during a raid on his parents' home in the town of Bindoon, north of Perth, in February.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/fuel-crisis-western-australia-premier-roger-cook-declares-state-of-emergency-powers/83f80161-badf-40b4-8753-fc2994cf3426"><strong><span>WA premier enacts emergency fuel powers as PM urges calm</span></strong></a><strong><span></span></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>It contained entries that amounted to a list of actions Michaels planned to undertake, including making weapons and body armour for a "day of justice," Commonwealth prosecutor Kirsten Nelson said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"The diary is a clear expression of his intent to engage in a terrorist act," she said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Michaels, who appeared in court via video-link from Casuarina Prison sporting a chin beard and long hair past his shoulders, allegedly planned to buy a 3D printer to make a gun and got a job where he could access bomb-making materials, but left empty handed after one day.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/perth-terrorist-attacks-bindoon-man-jayson-joseph-michaels-accused-refused-bail/95abc8e2-0312-4bb7-ac3f-f408603c8890" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He also compared the Bondi Beach attack to his own terror plot and wrote notes about how it might impact it, Ms Nelson said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"What I want to do to both these groups pales in comparison to today," he allegedly wrote after the December 14 shootings that killed 15 and injured many more.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"What will they all think when my face is on TV?" he wrote.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Michaels allegedly accessed online material about extremist white supremacist ideology, some of which was described as a manifesto and instruction manual from a declared terrorist organisation.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He wrote about researching entry points and door locks at his target locations and considered using a van that looked like an ambulance to make his escape, Ms Nelson said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He also allegedly penned a notes about buying a ballistic helmet, designing and building body armour or an Iron Man-style metal suit.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I think I'm addicted to the (Watch People Die) website," he wrote in another diary entry.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The website was open on his computer when police burst into his room.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Michaels' defence lawyer, former federal attorney-general Christian Porter, said his client was an isolated and depressed young man who had no intention to carry out the plan.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"This was a pie in the sky dream," he said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"A Walter Mitty-esque fantasy.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Michaels' diary had "all the hallmarks of a Marvel comic," Mr Porter said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"He is revealed in this diary as a pretender full of big talk," he said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The Crown's case is weak because it relies on the diary, Mr Porter said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Magistrate Belinda Coleman said the diary, found in a locked drawer, had "disturbing" entries and were not just "ramblings".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"It was chilling material," with derogatory references to various ethnic groups, she said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Michaels also had two guns, 900 rounds of ammunition and various knives in his bedroom, she said as she refused bail.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Michaels is yet to enter pleas and due to face Stirling Gardens Magistrates Court on May 13.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><em><strong><span>NEVER MISS A STORY:</span></strong></em><span> </span><em><span>Get your breaking news and exclusive stories first by following us across all platforms.</span></em></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><ul><li><em><strong><span>Download the 9NEWS App here via</span></strong></em><span> </span><a href="https://apps.apple.com/au/app/9news/id1010533727" target="" 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