Earlier this week, U-S President Donald Trump accused the media of deliberately been failing to report terrorist attacks.
To back the claims, the White House released list of 78 incidents it says were "executed or inspired by" the Islamic State group.
On the list was string of attacks that occurred in Australia, including the death of Mia Ayliffe-Chung at a north Queensland backpacker hostel last year.
But Ms Ayliffe-Chungs' mother, Rosie Ayliffe, has rejected President Trump's claim.
She says she'd gone out of her way to make sure her daughter's death was not branded a terror attack.
"Right from the start I wasn't prepared for her death to be used in that way and I've made it clear from the start, I mean that was one of the reasons I decided to blog in the independent newspaper was that I didn't want her death to be used in that way and I wanted to point out the facts. I mean Ayad was not an Islamic fundamentalist, he didn't, he wasn't even a practising Muslim."
The 21-year-old, along with fellow Briton 30 year-old Tom Jackson, died after Frenchman Smail Ayad allegedly stabbed them to death.
There was early speculation their deaths could have been terror-related but police quickly discounted that theory.
At the time, Townsville police said Mr Ayad had been charged with one charge of murder, two charges of attempted murder, one charge of serious cruelty to an animal and 12 serious assaults in relation to police officers.
None of the criminal offences was linked to terrorism.
Professor Greg Barton, a counter-terrorism researcher at Deakin University, says the list appears to be an exercise in political manipulation rather than genuine information.
He says some of Australian incidents on the list, like Ms Ayliffe-Chung's death, were not terror-related.
And in cases where they were, such the Lindt cafe siege, authorities and the media have responded adequetely and extensively.
"The Home Hill attack outside Townsville was not terror but it was reported. The Lindt cafe attack was very widely reported at the time and now we're still working into the proceedings of the inquest into what happened and there's been very, very consistent and I think generally, pretty careful media coverage, so wrong on that account."
Also making the list was the 2014 stabbing of two officers at Endeavour Hills police station in Melbourne, the 2015 shooting of New South Wales Police accountant Curtis Cheng and last year's stabbing of a man in Minto in Sydney.
Professor Barton points out that the list fails to include attacks unrelated to Islam.
"It neglects very significant terror attacks, including in particular the recent killing of six people in cold blood with an assault rifle in a Quebec mosque and injuring of another half a dozen. The Canadian Prime Minister came out immediately after and said it was a terrorist attack upon Muslims in Canada, which was based on police briefings. Donald Trump never said a word about it and it's not on that list."
He says if the Trump administration continues to propagate anti-Islam sentiment, it could lead America and the world into dangerous territory.
"It needs to be noted that what the President and his team are doing makes America much less safe. It actually makes the job of recruiters trying to recruit American citizens and residents, generally second-generation migrants, it makes their job much easier. It also means we're very likely to have more right-wing extremist attacks like the Quebec shooting."
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