A Queensland Police Service employee has been granted bail after appearing in the Brisbane Magistrates Court on charges linked to what prosecutors say were anti Jewish posts and comments shared online.
Following an investigation into content shared on various social media platforms, Muamer Nukic, an employee of the QPS Protective Services Group, is charged with 41 counts of using a carriage service to threaten, harass, or cause offense.
The alleged behavior was heard by the court between February 2024 and January 2026, a period of nearly two years.
Matt Kahler, the prosecutor, informed the court that the posting was frequent and that it was meant to harass and intimidate community members.
One of the allegations aired in court related to a comment posted in response to an online image of the child killed in the Bondi Junction attack. The prosecutor told the court the remark included profanity directed at Israel.
Emma Kearney, Mr. Nukic’s attorney, told the court that her client had pro-Palestinian views and acknowledged that he had made problematic comments but she contended that many of the posts would not meet the threshold needed for the offenses because they were not objectively offensive.
The court heard Mr Nukic had no criminal history and had worked for QPS for 25 years. He is a permanent resident who migrated to Australia from Bosnia in 1993 after being held in a Serbian concentration camp, the court was told.
When considering bail, Magistrate Lewis Shillito told the court the question of objective offensiveness was something Mr Nukic might have difficulty with.
The court was told it was alleged some of the commentary went beyond political expression and included support for proscribed terrorist organisations.
Bail conditions and wider scrutiny
Mr. Nukic was granted bail with restrictions on using social media, having only one phone, and reporting to the police once a week. His case is scheduled to return to court next month.
In a statement quoted in court reporting, Queensland Police said it had made the allegations public as part of its commitment to high standards of behaviour, transparency and accountability while stressing that publication did not mean the allegations had been substantiated.
The case lands amid broader community and policy focus on hate crime and vilification including content shared online.
Queensland Police defines hate crime as a criminal act motivated by prejudice or bias including on the basis of religion, and notes that where offences are motivated by hate, courts may impose tougher penalties under aggravated offence provisions.
The service also distinguishes between civil unlawful vilification and criminal serious vilification where threats of harm or incitement to harm are involved.
Mr. Nukic has not entered a plea and is still on bail, the accusations will be tested in court at a later time.
