Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton says if security agencies believe they need further clarity around their powers 'then we will look at that'.
United Kingdom has added two right-wing extremist organisations to its list of prescribed terrorist groups.
"ASIO has been working on right-wing extremism literally for decades in our country," Mr Dutton said. "I don't really care where people are on the spectrum. I don't care what country it is we're talking about, whether it's China or Russia or Iran - if people pose a threat to our country, they will be dealt with according to the level of that threat.
The government is considering additional powers to deal with "end-to-end encryption" and extending the remit of the Australian Signals Directorate to help track online paedophiles, terrorists and other serious criminals."Now you've got syndicates who are trading in these images, in the online sexual abuse of children, paying and torturing children online, and we can't do anything about it," Mr Dutton said.
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