ABSTRACT How and why have Australians come to view some infringement of their civil liberties as an acceptable trade-off in the interest of countering terrorism? This article contributes to understandings of preference formation by placing the focus on the interaction of public and elite perceptions of terrorism and counter-terrorism, over an extended time period. I trace the trajectory of Australian public debate over the course of four decades, through the lens of three intervening critical junctures; the 1978 Hilton bombing, Australia’s experience with international terrorism in the early twenty-first century, and the rise of ‘home grown’ terror from 2014. By uncovering the domestic dynamics that characterise public discourse and debate at each of these junctures, a more complete picture emerges of how Australian society understands and enacts counter-terror policy in response to the transnational terror threat.

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澳大利亚对恐怖主义的看法：1978-2019

摘要 澳大利亚人如何以及为何将某些侵犯其公民自由的行为视为为了反恐利益而进行的可以接受的权衡？本文通过将重点放在公众和精英对恐怖主义和反恐的看法在很长一段时间内的相互作用，有助于理解偏好的形成。我通过三个介入的关键时刻的镜头，追溯了澳大利亚公共辩论在四个十年的过程中的轨迹；1978 年希尔顿爆炸案、澳大利亚在 21 世纪初应对国际恐怖主义的经历，以及自 2014 年以来“本土”恐怖活动的兴起。