The Latest Breaking News from Clare ONeil

At the National Press Club this week, Home Affairs Minister Clare O’Neil flagged that Labor would propose changes to Australia’s counter-terrorism laws. She cited an increase in diverse threats beyond religious fundamentalism, a trend towards lone-actor, low-sophistication attacks, and more younger people being radicalised.

'While it's easy to fund poke fun at Peter Dutton, it's missing the point. We need to be more ambitious,' says security expert.

Australia’s government says it is seeking assurances from Indonesia that the man convicted of making the bombs used in the 2002 Bali terrorist attacks would continue to be monitored after his release from prison

Patek was jailed 10 years ago over role in 2002 attacks, which killed more than 200 people

Cyber Security Minister Clare O'Neil has announced an overhaul of Australia's cyber security strategy, describing the country as "unnecessarily vulnerable".

Australia's national all-hazards headquarters has been upgraded by the government to ensure it can react swiftly to emergencies, including fires and floods.

All Australians repatriated from Syria have been assessed to be a low terror risk and their return did not affect the lowering of the terrorism threat level.

Asio says the risk of attack has changed as fewer extremists likely to act

The Home Affairs Minister has emerged from a meeting with a group of Sydney mayors saying there has been a lot of misinformation about ISIS-linked returnees.

Six refugees have been flown from Nauru to New Zealand as part of a resettlement deal with Australia, Home Affairs Minister Clare O'Neil has confirmed.

A senior Australian minister has described "incredibly shocking six weeks" of hacks across the ditch, saying New Zealand can benefit from joint work on cyber defence and foreign interferen