A Queensland man who wanted to use improvised explosives in a domestic terror plot after being prevented from fighting in Syria has been jailed for 17 years.
Agim Kruezi, 25, pleaded guilty to preparing for incursion into a foreign state and preparing or planning for a terrorist act.
Kruezi was sentenced to 17 years and four months, with a non-parole period of 13 years.
Justice Rosalyn Atkinson found he had not rejected the violent extremist views that led him to obtaining materials to create Molotov cocktails to unleash a "deadly" attack.
"You remain a serious risk to the public," Justice Atkinson said in handing down her sentence in Brisbane Supreme Court on Tuesday.
Supporters of Agim Kruezi are seen outside the Brisbane Supreme Court in Brisbane. Source: AAP
She ruled Kruezi, from Logan, south of Brisbane, wanted to create "death or destruction" in Australia and was motivated by a religious duty.
Kruezi's bid to travel to Syria to fight with al Qaeda-affiliate Jabhat al-Nusra in March 2014 was stopped by customs officers.
His passport was cancelled, forcing him to turn his attention to an attack on home soil.
Kruezi purchased 10 litres of petrol in 2014 before attempting to buy glass bottles suitable to make Molotov cocktails.
His actions led to police raiding his home in September 2014 where they found weapons and extremist literature.
Family members and supporters sobbed as his sentence was handed down.
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