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Australia Raises Terror Threat Level From "Possible" To "Probable"
Australia on Monday raised its terror threat level to "probable" from "possible", citing an increase in extremist views in the country leading to a more than 50% chance of the planning of an onshore attack in the next 12 months.
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Lockdown, Multiple Deaths: What We Know So Far About Sydney Mall Stabbings
Five people were killed in an attack at a busy shopping centre in Sydney's Bondi Junction today. The attacker entered the mall when it was packed with shoppers and stabbed several people, local media said.
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Sri Lankan Man In Australia Arrested, Charged With Terror Plotting
Australia has arrested and charged a Sri Lankan man with planning a terror attack after finding "symbolic locations within Sydney" listed as possible targets in his notebook, police said on Friday.
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'How-to guide' To Protect Australians From Vehicle Attacks
Australia on Sunday released a strategy to prevent vehicle terror attacks carried out in crowded public places following deadly assaults in Barcelona, Nice and London.
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Australian Plane Plot May Have Involved Bomb Or Gas: Reports
Four men accused of plotting to bring down a plane planned to use poisonous gas or a crude bomb disguised as a meat mincer, reports said Monday, with Australian officials calling preparations "advanced".
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Australia 'Disrupts Terror Plot' To Bring Down Airplane
Australian authorities said on Sunday they had stopped an allegedly Islamist-inspired "terrorist plot" to bring down an airplane with an improvised explosive, after four people were arrested in raids in Sydney.
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Hostage Situation In Melbourne Following Blast: Report
Police are dealing with a hostage situation in Australia's Melbourne city after an explosion today, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation reported. A major police operation is underway at a Bay Street apartment, following reports of the explosion at 4 pm local time, it said.
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Man Charged With Stabbing Attack In Australia 'Inspired By ISIS'
A man "inspired by" ISIS was Sunday charged with committing an act of terror over a stabbing attack that Australian police called the "new face of terrorism".
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Australian Teen Accused Of Plotting Terror Attack In Sydney
A teenager was arrested on Tuesday after Australian police alleged he had been planning to launch a terrorist attack in Sydney.
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Australian Schools Evacuated, In Lockdown After 'Threats'
Thousands of students were evacuated from schools in two Australian states today following hoax bomb threats, with local media saying they could be linked to similar scares in Europe.
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2 Charged In Australia Over Terror Plot
Two people, including a 15-year-old boy, were arrested on Thursday in Sydney over a terror plot targeting a government building, with authorities expressing alarm at the age of those being radicalised.
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3 Arrested Over Australia Terror Shooting Set Free
Three of four people arrested in Australia over a terror-linked murder by a radicalised teenager have been released without charge in a move police admitted today was "incredibly frustrating".
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4 Arrested in Australia Over Terror Shooting
Four people were arrested in Australia today over the terror-linked murder of a police employee after coordinated raids by more than 200 officers on properties across Sydney.
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Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott Announces Fresh Security Crackdown
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott on Monday announced a national security crackdown that could deny welfare payments to people seen as potential threats, strip the passports of those with dual nationality and curb travel overseas.
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Australia Outlaws Travel to Terror Hotspots
Australia on Thursday passed a law criminalising travel to terror hotspots, a tough counter-terrorism measure aimed at stopping jihadists from going to Iraq and Syria to fight.
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Australia Raises Terror Threat Level From "Possible" To "Probable"
Australia on Monday raised its terror threat level to "probable" from "possible", citing an increase in extremist views in the country leading to a more than 50% chance of the planning of an onshore attack in the next 12 months.
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Lockdown, Multiple Deaths: What We Know So Far About Sydney Mall Stabbings
Five people were killed in an attack at a busy shopping centre in Sydney's Bondi Junction today. The attacker entered the mall when it was packed with shoppers and stabbed several people, local media said.
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Sri Lankan Man In Australia Arrested, Charged With Terror Plotting
Australia has arrested and charged a Sri Lankan man with planning a terror attack after finding "symbolic locations within Sydney" listed as possible targets in his notebook, police said on Friday.
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'How-to guide' To Protect Australians From Vehicle Attacks
Australia on Sunday released a strategy to prevent vehicle terror attacks carried out in crowded public places following deadly assaults in Barcelona, Nice and London.
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Australian Plane Plot May Have Involved Bomb Or Gas: Reports
Four men accused of plotting to bring down a plane planned to use poisonous gas or a crude bomb disguised as a meat mincer, reports said Monday, with Australian officials calling preparations "advanced".
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Australia 'Disrupts Terror Plot' To Bring Down Airplane
Australian authorities said on Sunday they had stopped an allegedly Islamist-inspired "terrorist plot" to bring down an airplane with an improvised explosive, after four people were arrested in raids in Sydney.
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Hostage Situation In Melbourne Following Blast: Report
Police are dealing with a hostage situation in Australia's Melbourne city after an explosion today, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation reported. A major police operation is underway at a Bay Street apartment, following reports of the explosion at 4 pm local time, it said.
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Man Charged With Stabbing Attack In Australia 'Inspired By ISIS'
A man "inspired by" ISIS was Sunday charged with committing an act of terror over a stabbing attack that Australian police called the "new face of terrorism".
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Australian Teen Accused Of Plotting Terror Attack In Sydney
A teenager was arrested on Tuesday after Australian police alleged he had been planning to launch a terrorist attack in Sydney.
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Australian Schools Evacuated, In Lockdown After 'Threats'
Thousands of students were evacuated from schools in two Australian states today following hoax bomb threats, with local media saying they could be linked to similar scares in Europe.
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2 Charged In Australia Over Terror Plot
Two people, including a 15-year-old boy, were arrested on Thursday in Sydney over a terror plot targeting a government building, with authorities expressing alarm at the age of those being radicalised.
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3 Arrested Over Australia Terror Shooting Set Free
Three of four people arrested in Australia over a terror-linked murder by a radicalised teenager have been released without charge in a move police admitted today was "incredibly frustrating".
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4 Arrested in Australia Over Terror Shooting
Four people were arrested in Australia today over the terror-linked murder of a police employee after coordinated raids by more than 200 officers on properties across Sydney.
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Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott Announces Fresh Security Crackdown
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott on Monday announced a national security crackdown that could deny welfare payments to people seen as potential threats, strip the passports of those with dual nationality and curb travel overseas.
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Australia Outlaws Travel to Terror Hotspots
Australia on Thursday passed a law criminalising travel to terror hotspots, a tough counter-terrorism measure aimed at stopping jihadists from going to Iraq and Syria to fight.
