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| Australia has introduced new national security measures including criminalising travel to terror hotspots |
At a conference in Sydney on countering terrorist propaganda, he said IS was a death cult with far-reaching tentacles.
Australia says more than 100 of its citizens are fighting with militant jihadist groups in Syria and Iraq.
Last year, Australia raised its threat level to high and has conducted a series of counter-terrorism raids.
The two-day regional security summit includes ministers from 25 countries and executives from Google, Facebook, Twitter and other social media sites.
"Daesh [IS] is coming, if it can, for every person and for every government with a simple message: 'Submit or die','" Mr Abbott said in his opening remarks. "You can't negotiate with an entity like this, you can only fight it."
"This is not terrorism for a local grievance, this is terrorism with global ambitions." » | Thursday, June 11, 2015
