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Following their parents’ separation, the individual and Lauren Tarrant initially lived with their mother and later with their mother and her new partner. That relationship was violent, with the new partner assaulting Sharon Tarrant and the children. An apprehended violence order was taken out against his mother’s partner to protect the individual. Lauren Tarrant, and later the individual, went to live with their father.
An apprehended violence order was taken out against his mother’s partner to protect the individual. Lauren Tarrant, and later the individual, went to live with their father.
The individual’s parents, Rodney and Sharon Tarrant, separated when he was young.1 After the terrorist attack, Sharon Tarrant told Australian Federal Police that her children were traumatised by the separation and other events, including the loss of their family home in a fire and the death of their grandfather. She also said that the individual’s personality changed after the separation, with him becoming clingy, anxious and not socialising well with others. The individual told us he suffered from social anxiety from childhood.
From the age of six or seven, the individual was interested in video games. He became particularly interested in massively multiplayer online role-playing games, other online role-playing games and first-person shooter games. As a child he had unsupervised access to the internet from a computer in his bedroom. He spent much of his free time at school accessing the internet on school computers. In 2017, he told his mother that he had started using the 4chan internet message board when he was 14 years old.
The individual began expressing racist ideas from a young age, including at school and when referring to his mother’s then partner’s Aboriginal ancestry. He was twice dealt with by one of his high school teachers, who was also the Anti-Racism Contact Officer,2 in respect of anti-Semitism. This teacher described the individual as disengaged in class to the point of quiet arrogance, but also well-read and knowledgeable, particularly on certain topics such as the Second World War.
In 2006 or 2007, when the individual was 16 or 17, his father was diagnosed with pleural mesothelioma, a form of lung cancer caused by exposure to asbestos. After the diagnosis Rodney Tarrant became increasingly depressed and his children did not cope well. The individual began exercising compulsively at gyms and following a strict diet. He lost around 52 kilograms in weight.
Prior to his death, Rodney Tarrant gave the individual and his sister around AU$80,000 each. Following his death, both children received more money from his estate, bringing the total to around AU$457,000 each. This was largely from the settlement of a claim for damages arising out of the exposure to asbestos, which had caused his mesothelioma.
From the age of six or seven, the individual was interested in video games. He became particularly interested in massively multiplayer online role-playing games, other online role-playing games and first-person shooter games. As a child he had unsupervised access to the internet from a computer in his bedroom. He spent much of his free time at school accessing the internet on school computers. In 2017, he told his mother that he had started using the 4chan internet message board when he was 14 years old.
Apart from gaming and spending time on the internet, the individual also maintained his interest in keeping fit. He joined the Big River Gym in Grafton at the end of his final high school year. Around mid-2009, he qualified as a personal trainer and worked at the gym, taking group classes and one-on-one personal training sessions. The owner and operator of the Big River Gym described the individual as a good personal trainer. During this time the individual trained by himself for two to three hours every day.
The individual told us that he began to think politically when he was about 12 and that his primary concerns have been about immigration, particularly by Muslim migrants into Western countries. In his manifesto he said that he had no complaints with ethnic people, if they remained in their places of birth. Those on the far right, particularly ethno-nationalists (as described in Part 2, chapter 5), sometimes assert similar views while disingenuously denying being racist. Aspects of the individual’s life are consistent with his description of his views. When he was still working as a personal trainer in Grafton, he carried out community work in an Australian Aboriginal community. He told us that his relationships with members of this community were generally good and that he had admiration for some of its leaders. When travelling he engaged with people from many different ethnicities. When we interviewed him, he denied being racist. On the other hand he accepted in his manifesto that he was racist, a self-assessment that we accept.
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