Australia to expand on security crackdown with tougher new laws

[WorldNews]

By Matt Siegel SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia will expand a crackdown on Islamist militant groups with more tough security legislation, the attorney general told a regional summit aimed at combating violent extremism on Friday. Australia is on high alert for attacks by radicalized Muslims including home-grown militants returning from fighting in the Middle East, having raised its threat level to "high" and unleashed a series of high-profile raids in cities. Conservative Prime Minister Tony Abbott has secured a raft of new security powers in recent years, expanding domestic spying capabilities and proposing to strip citizenship from dual-nationals accused of terrorism.

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