Home Affairs Minister Karen Andrews has warned the threat of terrorism in Australia will rise as international borders reopen and the age of radicalisation gets younger.
Ms Andrews is currently in Indonesia meeting with the Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs to strengthen counter-terrorism collaboration.
“One is the fact that during COVID, people have had more time at home online, and are becoming radicalised,” she said. Stream the latest news on Flash. Stream more than 20 global and local news sources. New to Flash? Try 14 days free Ms Andrews is currently on an international tour which has taken her to the United States, Sri Lanka and Indonesia.
Indonesia has the world’s largest Muslim majority and recently cracked down on an al-Qaeda terrorist offshoot organisation blamed for the 2002 Bali bombings.Indonesian police arrested dozens of members including Ahmad Zain An-Naja who was charged in November with setting up a chip which diverted cash to a terrorist group.
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