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Prime Minister Kevin Rudd
The federal government will look at revamping Australia's counter-terrorism laws to make the nation better able to handle "increasingly complex" security threats. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd on Tuesday flagged that the government would release a discussion paper shortly on amendments to national security and counter-terrorism laws. "The discussion paper will help to establish an effective legal framework which is fundamental to our ability to manage and respond to the challenges we now confront in our increasingly complex security environment," he told parliament on Tuesday. On Saturday, Attorney-General Robert McClelland indicated the discussion paper would look at whether there needed to be changes to the way the government listed terrorist organisations.
Mr Rudd said the government needed to be on the front foot when it came to terrorism - it wasn't enough to prosecute offenders, it was necessary to stop attacks in the first place. "The government is committed to ensuring the focus of Australia's national security and counter-terrorism laws remains on preventing a terrorist attack from occurring in the first place," he said. "This is a difficult challenge - we cannot adopt a position which involves us simply waiting to punish those who commit terrorist attacks and related crimes after they occur."
Last week, authorities allegedly foiled a plot to attack a Sydney military base.,,more..http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/-/latest/5796054/govt-may-revamp-anti-terrorism-laws/