But now to a far more scary subject and the confessions of a homegrown terrorist, as revealed by News.com.au:

I established a terror movement in Australia, and I quit. — News.com.au, 25 October, 2017

Wow. That is some scoop. So, who is this guy?

Shayne Hunter established the far-left and violent Antifa movement in Australia. — News.com.au, 25 October, 2017

What's more, he was radicalised in Sydney.

But then came this even more extraordinary claim that the group he set up is:

... more dangerous than ISIS. — News.com.au, 25 October, 2017

More dangerous than ISIS? So, what is this terror group?

Well, News.com.au was talking about Antifa, or Anti-Fascist Action - which is a mishmash of hard-left groups that delights in disrupting right-wing rallies.

But Antifa in Australia is perhaps most famous for attacking and being seen off by a light-footed Andrew Bolt:

MAN: Hey, what are you doing? — The Sydney Morning Herald, 8 June, 2017

Their weapon of choice that day? Shaving cream and glitter.

Which is all a far cry from ISIS who were responsible for this year's London Bridge attack.

The terrible truck tragedy in Nice.

And the Bataclan shooting in Paris:

WITNESS: It was a scene of carnage. I'll spare you the details but yes, bullets in heads, blood everywhere. Dead people everywhere.

— ABC News, 14 November, 2015

Not to mention gruesome beheadings.

Indeed, ISIS has carried out terror attacks in at least 30 countries and killed thousands of people.

So, the comparison is absurd.

But the craziness did not stop there, because the former terrorist also told News.com.au how he used to, quote:

... speak louder on public transport so people could hear me speak, hoping they would hear my message. — News.com.au, 25 October, 2017

Yes, really.

So, did Shayne Hunter in fact set up Antifa in Australia, as he claimed?

No, say his former colleagues, who took to Facebook to brand him delusional and warn:

Our advice to the media would be to apply even the smallest grain of salt when reporting on fantastical claims. — Facebook, Anti Fascist Action Sydney, 25 October, 2017

That of course was something, News.com.au's freelance reporter Corrine Barraclough did not bother to do.

Perhaps because she's used to filing stories for Mark Latham's Outsiders.

But we did, seeking comment from Antifa expert Dr Troy Whitford who told us the left-wing group was not on ASIO's terror list, and it was absurd to compare it with ISIS.

Dr Whitford also told us bluntly:

I haven't read anything so bizarre in mainstream media in a long time. — Dr Troy Whitford, Lecturer, history and politics, Charles Sturt University, 26 October,2017

And we would have to agree. News.com.au told us in response:

The article ... was an opinion piece by Shayne Hunter. As a former member of the Antifa movement, he believed it was "more dangerous than ISIS" and was entitled to that opinion. — Lisa Muxworthy, Editor, News.com.au, 30 October, 2017

Well, indeed. Just as he is entitled to speak loudly on public transport.

Read a statement from News.com.au