Rising Threat Of Terrorism In Australia

My fellow Australians, there is no more pressing matter of national and international security than reducing the threat from terrorism in our nation. Australia has strong, well-coordinated counter-terrorism arrangements; many plots, some major have been disrupted and there has been no large scale terrorist attack on Australian soil in the post-2001 period thanks to our Government. Ever since September 11, Australia has been involved in the War against Terror, however recent events have shown the rising threat of terrorism within Australia.
There have been at least two terror attacks in 2014 such as the Endeavour Hills stabbings and the Sydney hostage crisis. Not only are terrorists getting younger, but they are getting more violent and more