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Terror listing for group behind synagogue attack

Terror listing for group behind synagogue attack

Australia has branded an Iranian organisation behind "cowardly" attacks on the Jewish community a terrorist organisation, amid warnings of malicious activity.

Police 'at risk' unless Wieambilla shooting sees change

Police 'at risk' unless Wieambilla shooting sees change

Police 'at risk' unless Wieambilla shooting sees change

Police 'at risk' unless Wieambilla shooting sees change

Officers need access to satellite radios, drones and online monitoring of violent extremists in the wake of the Wieamblla shootings, the police union says.

Australian police expecting more 'ISIS bride' arrivals

Australian police expecting more 'ISIS bride' arrivals

Australian police expecting more 'ISIS bride' arrivals

Australian police expecting more 'ISIS bride' arrivals

More Australians linked to the Islamic State are expected return home as the federal police monitor two women and six children who recently arrived.

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Backing for terror call on right-wing extremists online

Backing for terror call on right-wing extremists online

A powerful parliamentary committee backs the terrorist designation given to a right-wing extremist group that provides instructions on how to conduct an attack.

Police question six over Manchester synagogue attack

Police question six over Manchester synagogue attack

Police have arrested six people on suspicion of terror offences after an attack on a synagogue in northwest England.

Deadly rampage at UK synagogue was a 'terrorist attack'

Deadly rampage at UK synagogue was a 'terrorist attack'

British police have declared that a deadly rampage at a synagogue that killed two people on the holiest day of the Jewish year was a terrorist attack.

'Acts of aggression': Australia expels Iran ambassador

'Acts of aggression': Australia expels Iran ambassador

Australia has pulled the trigger on serious diplomatic moves to reprimand Iran after saying there was "credible intelligence" it directed attacks on home soil.

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'Terror attack', eight hurt by makeshift flamethrower

'Terror attack', eight hurt by makeshift flamethrower

'Terror attack', eight hurt by makeshift flamethrower

'Terror attack', eight hurt by makeshift flamethrower

A man using a makeshift flamethrower yelled “Free Palestine” after attacking people staging a demonstration calling for the release of Israeli hostages in Gaza.

MCG terror plotter remains 'unacceptable risk': judge

MCG terror plotter remains 'unacceptable risk': judge

MCG terror plotter remains 'unacceptable risk': judge

MCG terror plotter remains 'unacceptable risk': judge

A convicted terrorist, who once plotted to attack the MCG, must continue with a deradicalisation program after his supervision order was extended.

Vote to bypass court to strip citizenship 'last resort'

Vote to bypass court to strip citizenship 'last resort'

Vote to bypass court to strip citizenship 'last resort'

Vote to bypass court to strip citizenship 'last resort'

A referendum asking Australians whether a minister should have the power to strip a dual national of citizenship has been floated by the coalition.

Personal grievance driving violent youth radicalisation

Personal grievance driving violent youth radicalisation

Personal grievance driving violent youth radicalisation

Personal grievance driving violent youth radicalisation

Young people who access radical and violent content online and on social media are more likely to hold conspiratorial views and believe violence is okay.

Canberra clash after caravan revealed as terror con job

Canberra clash after caravan revealed as terror con job

Canberra clash after caravan revealed as terror con job

Canberra clash after caravan revealed as terror con job

The opposition leader denies Labor claims of dodging police briefings on a caravan loaded with explosives, saying the minister is just trying to look tough.

Terror threat up as anti-Semitism, Islamophobia surge

Terror threat up as anti-Semitism, Islamophobia surge

Terror threat up as anti-Semitism, Islamophobia surge

Terror threat up as anti-Semitism, Islamophobia surge

Australia's terrorism threat has increased according to a global ranking index, making the nation one-of-seven Western countries most at risk of attack.

Espionage and terror threats grow in dangerous era

Espionage and terror threats grow in dangerous era

Espionage and terror threats grow in dangerous era

Espionage and terror threats grow in dangerous era

From hostile foreign nations targeting diaspora communities to youth radicalised online, the top spy agency's annual threat assessment warns risks have grown.

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Austrian police arrest teen who plotted railway attack

Austrian investigators have arrested a 14-year-old who allegedly was planning an attack at a Vienna railway station.

Stabbing attack suspect swore allegiance to IS: Austria

Austrian authorities say a Syrian asylum seeker who allegedly went on a deadly stabbing rampage had been radicalised.

Eleven dead, six hurt in Pakistan blast near coal mine

A roadside bomb has struck a vehicle carrying coal miners in restive southwest Pakistan, killing at least nine people.

Mandatory jail for terror risks 'serious injustice'

Australians from vulnerable communities could be disproportionately harmed by laws that introduce mandatory jail time for some terror offences, experts warn.

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Extremist groups tipped to sidestep terror sanctions

Extremist groups will continue evolving to evade counter-terrorism sanctions slapped on them in a bid to curb escalating anti-Semitism, experts warn.

Police, PM explosive caravan criticism dismissed

A policing expert says authorities had no need to tell the prime minister about an investigation into a caravan that was found packed full of explosives.

Security beefed up after temple named on bomb plot list

The discovery of an explosive-laden caravan with a list of possible Jewish targets has put communities further on edge amid rampant anti-Semitic attacks.

Club at centre of Bali bombings to become peace park

Those who lost loved ones in the Bali bombings will be able to reflect and remember the impact of the terrorist attack with a memorial set for the site.

Woman linked to bomb caravan accused of hate attack

A caravan found with high-powered explosives inside has been linked to a woman who was already charged over an anti-Semitic incident.

Plot fuels federal stoush over anti-Semitism response

The discovery of a caravan packed with explosives has renewed a parliamentary push for tougher action against those convicted of terrorist offences.

Anti-Jewish plot foiled as caravan of explosives found

A huge multi-agency operation is probing a potential terror act after a caravan full of explosives was found alongside a note with addresses of Jewish people.

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