Anthony Albanese (Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

I thank the member for Wentworth for her question, and I praise her unreservedly for her role as a local member in what has been a devastating time for her local community—not just the Jewish community. Of course, Bondi is such an iconic place, and the local member has shown extraordinary leadership and capacity in my view, and I thank her for that. I will ask the minister to supplement, but I would say that radical Islamic extremism is a major problem. We know that that is the case. We know that hate preachers can cause a real problem in distorting Islam and creating a circumstance where people are full of hate, and we saw an expression of hate motivated by ISIS, an ideology that isn't about any state. It is about an Islamic caliphate around the world. Often this is difficult, as the examples come from what is a father and son—it's much more difficult to detect. As the ASIO director-general has reported, a big threat is sole actors—an individual actor. In this case, a father and son discussing these things over the dinner table or in private quarters—not engaging in electronic measures, communication that can be detected—means that it is much more difficult. But the government has a range of programs. That is certainly something, as well, that the Richardson review will look at. I'll ask the minister to supplement.

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