New terror threat system starts this week

“I have to report to the House that the consensus of the leaders I met at the G20, at APEC and at the East Asia Summit is that there is no support now for a large US-led Western army to attempt to conquer and hold ISIL-controlled areas”, he said, referring to another term for the Islamic State group. “They failed because our world will not capitulate to fear”, Mr Shorten said before MPs rose to remember those killed.

Turning to domestic security concerns, Mr Turnbull acknowledged that there was a risk that terrorists in our region could be inspired by the events of Paris and launch an attack on Australians. Australia’s response must be as “clear-eyed and strategic as it is determined”.

He said the current advice to the government was the unilateral deployment of Australian combat troops on the ground in either country was neither feasible or practical.

Six attacks in Australia have been foiled over the past year, according to the government.

“We will defeat these terrorists”.

A new terrorism alert system will be rolled out this week to better warn Australians about the likelihood of an attack.

Australian officials said Monday they were aware of 12 men or boys in the community who they believe could commit an act of terror, as Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull convened a national security meeting.

“The adoption of a five-tiered threat system will also provide ASIO with greater flexibility in determining threat levels, reflecting the need to adapt to an evolving security environment”, said Mr Turnbull. “The strongest weapons we bring to this battle are ourselves, our values, our way of life”. “If there is further that we can do in conjunction with worldwide partners then obviously we will seriously look at that”, Mr Keenan said. “ISIL has many more smartphones than guns, more Twitter accounts than fighters”, he said. Instead the “menace” must be defeated by being calm, clinical and professional.

As has been the case during his travels, the threat from Islamic State is set to dominate the agenda with debate resuming on draft laws to strip dual nationals suspected of terrorism of their Australian citizenship. Foreign Minister Julie Bishop, who has been involved in counter-terrorism talks overseas, said global terrorism activity had nearly doubled in 2014 and 2015 did not appear to be an improvement. “It’s a bit like saying you’re not in a fight when you’re getting punched in the face”, the Nationals MP told parliament.