一名开发商雇用的3名男子在2024年11月向新南威尔士州议会办公室放火,造成3 000万美元的损失,400名工人流离失所。 Three men, hired by a developer, set fire to a NSW council office in Nov. 2024, causing $30M in damage and displacing 400 workers.

2024年11月27日计划对位于斯佩尔斯点的麦克夸里湖市议会办公室进行纵火袭击,造成3 000多万美元的破坏,摧毁了地面和一楼,使400名工作人员流离失所。 A planned arson attack on the Lake Macquarie City Council office in Speers Point on November 27, 2024, caused over $30 million in damage, destroying the ground and first floors and displacing 400 staff. 三名男子被一个不知名的“大开发商”通过中间人雇用,闯进来,在闭路电视镜头上喷漆,用汽油放火。 Three men, hired by an unknown "big developer" through a middleman, broke in, spray-painted over CCTV lenses, and set fires using petrol. 他们乘54岁的东迈特兰的Tony Charles Graham驾驶的一辆汽车逃离。 袭击发生几分钟后,他在Warners Bay McDonald的一辆汽车驱动器的监控录像中被抓到,他在那里点了饮料并付了现金。 They fled in a vehicle driven by Tony Charles Graham, 54, of East Maitland, who was caught on surveillance footage at a Warners Bay McDonald’s drive-thru minutes after the attack, where he ordered drinks and paid in cash. 警方使用截取的通讯和麦克唐纳的车站来辨认和逮捕格雷厄姆和另一个嫌疑人,即巴尔海滩的Scott Matheson,44。 Police used intercepted communications and the McDonald’s stop to identify and arrest Graham and another suspect, Scott Matheson, 44, of Bar Beach. Graham对纵火和火器指控认罪,并定于2月判刑。 Graham pleaded guilty to arson and firearm charges, with sentencing set for February. 预计大楼至少要到2027年才关闭。 The building is expected to remain closed until at least 2027.