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Lone terrorists will continue to pose a challenge for intelligence analysts; particularly before they perpetrate an offence. The main lead to these types of individuals will come from their contact with others, behavioural patterns and attempts to purchase or access terrorism-related materials. This article examines the case of Australian citizen Faheem Khalid Lodhi to consider whether there are indicators that might alert us in the future to similar-minded individuals. A major concern from a counter-terrorism point of view is that it took several years from the time of radicalisation for Lodhi to be identifi ed as a potential terrorist threat to Australia