Terror law change ‘not shooting response’

The 68-hour order, which followed a 100-hour order granted last week, came after NSW Premier Mike Baird stressed the importance of working with Muslim leaders.

Mr Baird said the events in Parramatta 11 days ago showed the changes to the legislation are necessary.

‘There is a long journey on this. Police have already arrested a 17-year-old boy on his way to the school were Jabar was a pupil, charging him with offences linked to the use of social media harass and intimidate.It has been reported that prior to the attack Jabar attended a lecture given at the mosque by Hizb ut-Tahrir; however, the group has denied he was affiliated with them and denounced the shooting. Three other men have been released without charge.

The AFP said legislation dictated that a person could not be detained for more than seven additional days.

This will be the fifth tranche of counter-terror laws enforced by the government since the country’s terrorist alert level was raised from medium to high on September 12, 2014.

Mr Scipione said police are only a small part of the solution.

“We need to be very careful to balance appropriately the measures adopted for public protection and the human rights of members of the community in the laws enacted and in the way they are enforced”. “The act of terrorism at Parramatta was a clear demonstration that we need to strengthen powers to prevent terrorist acts and improve law enforcement’s ability to respond to the changing terrorism environment”, he said in statement. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is also seeking talks to address the spread of violent extremism, and has called an urgent meeting of security chiefs on Thursday.

COUNTERING violent extremism will be the focus of talks when Muslim community leaders meet with police and both sides of politics in Sydney.

“It is critical that all of us understand those who try to tag all Muslims with responsibility for the crimes of a tiny minority and convert that into a general hatred of all Muslims are undermining our national interest”, he told parliament. “Everything we do is designed to ensure that our police and our security services at every level of government are better able to do their job”.