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flag Australia passes anti-terrorism laws targeting Iran-linked attacks, expels Tehran’s ambassador, and launches a new taskforce to combat extremism.

flag Australia is enacting new anti-terrorism laws after intelligence linked Iran’s Revolutionary Guard to 2024 firebombings of Jewish sites in Sydney and Melbourne, leading to the expulsion of Tehran’s ambassador. flag The legislation, expected to pass with opposition support, will allow the government to designate foreign state-backed groups as terror organizations and criminalize association with them. flag A new AFP taskforce, operating in Sydney, Melbourne, and Canberra, will monitor groups undermining social cohesion, including those promoting hatred or fear, and investigate threats against politicians. flag The move follows heightened national tensions after the October 2023 Hamas attacks on Israel and Israel’s ongoing military response.

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