He said the legislation would enable a continuing period of imprisonment for high-risk terrorist offenders who could pose a risk if they were released. The prime minister wants a national system to be legislated as quickly as possible, given the increase in the frequency and severity of terrorist attacks globally, particularly in western countries. Malcolm Turnbull has written urgently to state premiers and chief ministers asking them to agree on the design of nationally consistent laws for the indefinite detention of terrorists who pose a threat to the public at the end of their sentence. The states agreed in principle to do this at the council of Australian governments meeting in April. On Friday an 18-year-old man killed nine people at a Munich shopping centre.

Source: The Guardian July 24, 2016 19:52 UTC