Accused terrorist 'not some psychopathic murderer'

"I am not some psychopathic murderer who kills for thrills. I made a calculated decision to act."

These words were found in Simon William Fleming's manifesto outlining why he grabbed a plethora of firearms and a mock bomb before shooting at passing cars and taking two hostages in a dive shop on the NSW south coast.

Believing migrants were treated more favourably than white Australians and that conservative Christian values were being undermined by "left-wing Marxist hysteria," he prayed to his ancestors and prepared the assault.

On the outskirts of Wollongong on the morning of Sunday November 28, 2021 Fleming then fired his "warning shot" to the government.

In his manifesto, he decried that claimed Muslim values such as child brides led to the grooming of 10,000 underage children in the United Kingdom but that the left still encouraged open borders and immigration under the guise of "political correctness".

"If a Christian man even looks at a girl 15 or 16, he's a paedophile but in (the Muslim's) bible they can marry children, have multiple wives and rape the infidel," he wrote.

"Should I now f*** my sister and call it holy? Well that's the logic of the left."

Fleming, 41, is on trial in the NSW Supreme Court with crown prosecutors alleging his actions were an act of terrorism designed to intimidate the Australian public and the government.

In his manifesto, which was read out in court, the accused terrorist also rails against the Chinese, saying they had overtaken Australia and were influencing government policy through universities and colleges.

"We are in a totalitarian technocracy at full speed, a cashless China-style social credit system which is evil and undemocratic," he wrote.

On Thursday, the jury was shown the seven firearms found on Fleming when he was arrested in the dive shop, including a bolt action rifle and a number of gel blasters.

His mock explosive device consisted of a silver briefcase containing an egg timer, a number of batteries, electronic circuitry, vials of red liquid and a clear plastic bag filled with screws.

Fleming is contesting the charge that his actions were motivated by terrorism, as well as charges for using a firearm in a manner likely to endanger members of the public, detaining the hostages, using a fake bomb to create a false sense of danger and unlawfully possessing gel blasters found at his home.

He is the first person in Australia to be charged with terrorism offences not motivated by religious ideology.

The trial with Justice Helen Wilson continues.