Because I don't live in The Hills.
Poor little magpie *sob*
The bird was deemed a "significant risk to public safety" and an assessment by NPWS found the bird was engaging in different behaviour to regular protective swooping."[It was] swooping underneath helmets ... to attack people's faces," a council spokesperson said in a statement.
"This bird was very aggressive and uncharacteristically territorial."
Poor little magpie *sob*