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Miklos Bolza

NSW terror advocate fights police controls

Tyler Slavko Jakovac is fighting against proposed Australian Federal Police control orders. (Lukas Coch/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

A convicted terror advocate who referred to the Christchurch mass murderer as a 'hero' and a 'saint' has claimed a proposal to monitor his activities in the community after being released from jail was unnecessary.

In a Federal Court hearing on Tuesday, lawyers for Tyler Slavko Jakovac argued that proposed control orders sought by the Australian Federal Police were not required because the 20-year-old now no longer had extreme right-wing views.

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