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Australian Police To Get Greater Powers To Shoot In Terrorist Sieges
Police in Australia's most populous state will be allowed to shoot suspects in "terrorist related" incidents even if the attacker does not pose an imminent threat, under a proposed law, New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian said on Thursday.
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Australia Passes Bill To Detain Terrorists Indefinitely
High-risk terror offenders in Australia may now be kept in jail even after serving their sentences, under legislation passed Thursday that strengthens laws to tackle the threat posed by extremists.
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Two 'Foreign Fighters' Arrested In Australia
Two men were arrested in Australia Thursday on suspicion of breaching the country's foreign fighter laws, with one to be charged with joining the Al-Nusra Front in Syria.
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Australia To Keep High-Risk Terrorism Convicts In Prison
Australian state governments have agreed to change laws so they can keep high-risk people convicted under terrorism laws in prison after they have served their sentences.
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Australia Moves To Indefinite Detention Of Terrorists
High-risk terror offenders may be kept in jail after their sentences finish, Australian officials said as they move to tighten security laws following attacks in the United States and Europe.
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Australia Passes Anti-Terrorism Law to Strip Citizenship
Australia's parliament has passed legislation to strip dual nationals of their citizenship if they are convicted of terrorism offences or found to have fought with banned groups overseas, despite concerns about deporting jihadists.
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Australia Calls for Greater Intel Sharing in Asia to Stop Paris-Style Attack
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull today called for greater intelligence sharing in Southeast Asia to stop a Paris-style terror attack and ordered local law enforcement officials to test their readiness to handle a mass casualty attack.
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Australia Plans Tougher Controls on Teen Terror Suspects
Australia today outlined plans to tighten counter-terrorism laws further, including restricting the movements of suspects as young as 14 in the wake of a deadly attack by a teenager this month.
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Two Killed in Shooting Outside Australian State Police Headquarters
A civilian police employee today was killed in a double shooting outside law enforcement headquarters in Sydney, but the attack did not appear to be linked to terrorism, Australian authorities said today.
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Australia Outlaws Travel to Terror Hotspots
Australia on Thursday passed a law criminalising travel to terror hotspots, a tough counter-terrorism measure aimed at stopping jihadists from going to Iraq and Syria to fight.
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Australian Laws to Criminalise Travel to Terror Hotspots
Tougher counter-terror laws to be introduced to Australia's parliament on Wednesday would make it a crime to travel to places considered terror hotspots, punishable by up to 10 years' jail.
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Australia to Toughen up Anti-Terror Laws After Islamic State Threat
The government will next week introduce legislation in parliament to tackle a growing terror threat, the attorney general said on Saturday, in the aftermath of Australia's biggest crackdown in history.
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Australia Proposes New Counter Terror Laws
Australia plans to regulate travel to terrorist hotbeds such as Iraq and Syria as part of a raft of counter terrorism measures aimed at addressing the domestic threat posed by war-hardened homegrown Islamic extremists
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Australian Police To Get Greater Powers To Shoot In Terrorist Sieges
Police in Australia's most populous state will be allowed to shoot suspects in "terrorist related" incidents even if the attacker does not pose an imminent threat, under a proposed law, New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian said on Thursday.
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Australia Passes Bill To Detain Terrorists Indefinitely
High-risk terror offenders in Australia may now be kept in jail even after serving their sentences, under legislation passed Thursday that strengthens laws to tackle the threat posed by extremists.
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Two 'Foreign Fighters' Arrested In Australia
Two men were arrested in Australia Thursday on suspicion of breaching the country's foreign fighter laws, with one to be charged with joining the Al-Nusra Front in Syria.
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Australia To Keep High-Risk Terrorism Convicts In Prison
Australian state governments have agreed to change laws so they can keep high-risk people convicted under terrorism laws in prison after they have served their sentences.
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Australia Moves To Indefinite Detention Of Terrorists
High-risk terror offenders may be kept in jail after their sentences finish, Australian officials said as they move to tighten security laws following attacks in the United States and Europe.
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Australia Passes Anti-Terrorism Law to Strip Citizenship
Australia's parliament has passed legislation to strip dual nationals of their citizenship if they are convicted of terrorism offences or found to have fought with banned groups overseas, despite concerns about deporting jihadists.
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Australia Calls for Greater Intel Sharing in Asia to Stop Paris-Style Attack
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull today called for greater intelligence sharing in Southeast Asia to stop a Paris-style terror attack and ordered local law enforcement officials to test their readiness to handle a mass casualty attack.
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Australia Plans Tougher Controls on Teen Terror Suspects
Australia today outlined plans to tighten counter-terrorism laws further, including restricting the movements of suspects as young as 14 in the wake of a deadly attack by a teenager this month.
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Two Killed in Shooting Outside Australian State Police Headquarters
A civilian police employee today was killed in a double shooting outside law enforcement headquarters in Sydney, but the attack did not appear to be linked to terrorism, Australian authorities said today.
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Australia Outlaws Travel to Terror Hotspots
Australia on Thursday passed a law criminalising travel to terror hotspots, a tough counter-terrorism measure aimed at stopping jihadists from going to Iraq and Syria to fight.
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Australian Laws to Criminalise Travel to Terror Hotspots
Tougher counter-terror laws to be introduced to Australia's parliament on Wednesday would make it a crime to travel to places considered terror hotspots, punishable by up to 10 years' jail.
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Australia to Toughen up Anti-Terror Laws After Islamic State Threat
The government will next week introduce legislation in parliament to tackle a growing terror threat, the attorney general said on Saturday, in the aftermath of Australia's biggest crackdown in history.
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Australia Proposes New Counter Terror Laws
Australia plans to regulate travel to terrorist hotbeds such as Iraq and Syria as part of a raft of counter terrorism measures aimed at addressing the domestic threat posed by war-hardened homegrown Islamic extremists
