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ISIS threat alive, allies warn as Trump pulls out

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Original article by Cameron Stewart, Paul Maley
The Australian – Page: 1 & 7 : 21-Dec-18

Liberal senator Jim Molan says President Donald Trump has made a serious mistake in deciding to withdraw all remaining US troops from Syria. Australia was one of few allies of the US to be informed of the decision before it was formally announced. Britain’s Defence Minister Tobias Ellwood has also expressed concern about the decision, warning that Islamic State is still a threat despite Trump’s claims that it has been defeated in Syria. The withdrawal of US troops from Syria had been part of Trump’s 2016 presidential election campaign platform.

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UNITED STATES. EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT, LIBERAL PARTY OF AUSTRALIA, GREAT BRITAIN. MINISTRY OF DEFENCE, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET, UNITED STATES. DEPT OF DEFENSE, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF DEFENCE, LOWY INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL POLICY

Terror cell ‘planned gas attack’

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Original article by Paul Maley
The Australian – Page: 1 & 6 : 31-Jul-17

Security has been boosted at Australian airports following the arrest of four men in Sydney on 30 July 2017. The four men, who are believed to be related, are suspected of plotting to bring down an aircraft by setting off a device that would have filled the plane with poisonous gas. It is understood that the arrests followed the receipt of information from a foreign intelligence service, and that the suspects were being assisted by Islamic State terrorists in Syria.

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AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET, AUSTRALIAN SECURITY INTELLIGENCE ORGANISATION, AUSTRALIAN FEDERAL POLICE

PM sets regional terror role

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Original article by Dennis Shanahan
The Australian – Page: 1 & 6 : 2-Jun-17

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull will stress the need for greater effort in combatting terrorism within the Asia-Pacific region at the annual Shangri-La defence dialogue in Singapore on 2 July 2017. He will also call for continued free trade, stating that this, along with combatting the growing threat from Islamist-inspired terrorism, will help to ensure continued economic stability and security within the region. Turnbull is also expected to stress the importance of intelligence-sharing in the fight against terrorism.

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AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET, UNITED STATES. DEPT OF DEFENSE, ASSOCIATION OF SOUTH-EAST ASIAN NATIONS, SINGAPORE. PRIME MINISTER’S OFFICE, AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY

Show of force as Aussies fly for Easter

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Original article by Paul Maley
The Australian – Page: 1 & 4 : 24-Mar-16

Australian airport security staff have cancelled proposed strike action in the wake of the Muslim terrorist attacks in Brussels. Australian Federal Police will ramp up security at the nation’s airports during the Easter long weekend, which is traditionally a popular time for Australians to travel by air. Meanwhile, Homeland Security Asia-Pacific director Roger Henning has warned that Sydney Airport’s design is almost identical to Zaventem airport in Brussels, which was targeted by the Islamic extremists.

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AUSTRALIAN FEDERAL POLICE, HOMELAND SECURITY PTY LTD, SYDNEY AIRPORT – ASX SYD, BRUSSELS AIRPORT, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET, AUSTRALIAN SECURITY INTELLIGENCE ORGANISATION, AUSTRALIA. ATTORNEY-GENERAL’S DEPT, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF IMMIGRATION AND BORDER PROTECTION

Stocks set to tumble after French terror

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Original article by Mark Mulligan
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 21 : 16-Nov-15

Global sharemarkets are expected to be heavily sold down on 16 November 2015, as investors opt for lower-risk assets in the wake of the terrorist attacks in Paris. Australia’s benchmark S&P/ASX 200 closed at 5,051.25 on 13 November, and futures markets had already anticipated a fall below the 5,000-point level prior to the terrorist attacks. AMP Capital’s Shane Oliver does expect any downturn in the Australian market to be sustained, although he says resources stocks are likely to fall further.

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STANDARD AND POOR’S ASX 200 INDEX, AMP CAPITAL INVESTORS LIMITED, BLOOMBERG COMMODITY INDEX, AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND BANKING GROUP LIMITED – ASX ANZ, PEAK ASSET MANAGEMENT PTY LTD, UNITED STATES. FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD, HASSIUM ASSET MANAGEMENT, CAC 40 INDEX, EURO STOXX 50 INDEX, RESERVE BANK OF AUSTRALIA, BLOOMBERG LP

Australian jihadists can’t be barred from returning home

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Original article by David Wroe, Mark Kenny
The Age – Page: 11 : 25-Jun-14

A legal hurdle has emerged to the plan of the Australian Government to prevent any citizens who have fought with Jihadist terrorist groups oversees from returning home. Immigration Minister Scott Morrison has conceded that the majority of the current 150 or so cases do not involve people with dual nationality. They therefore cannot simply be left stateless by revoking their Australian citizenship. Meanwhile Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has foreshadowed new counter-terrorism laws that will boost the powers of the Australian Secret Intelligence Service

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AUSTRALIAN SECRET INTELLIGENCE SERVICE, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND TRADE, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF IMMIGRATION AND BORDER PROTECTION, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET, AUSTRALIA. INDEPENDENT NATIONAL SECURITY LEGISLATION MONITOR