2005 Brisbane bomb hoax

[1][2][3][4][5][6] On 14 November 2005, three calls were made to police warning of bombs on buses and trains in Brisbane.

[5] At 7.32 am on 15 November, another call was made to police telling them to remain vigilant and "keep their eye on the ball."

[4] On the night of 15 November, Rodney Bruce Watson, a 46-year-old truck driver from Munruben, was arrested and charged with four counts of making bomb threats.

The bail hearing was adjourned, pending a psychiatric report on Watson, and he was remanded in custody.

Watson reportedly said to police that he had been "inspired by the recent arrests of terrorist suspects in southern states," and he subsequently had two applications for bail denied on the basis that there was a risk that he would reoffend.