'Nation's toughest terror laws': Berejiklian unveils 'drastic' plan

By James Robertson
Updated October 4 2017 - 2:43pm, first published 2:40pm
NSW Minister for Counter Terrorism David Elliott at the announcement of the NSW Government's response to the Lindt Cafe Siege Inquest. 8th June, 2017. Photo: Kate Geraghty
NSW Minister for Counter Terrorism David Elliott at the announcement of the NSW Government's response to the Lindt Cafe Siege Inquest. 8th June, 2017. Photo: Kate Geraghty
Stephen Blanks who is a solicitor at a two-person firm who devotes 30 per cent of his time to pro bono work, specifically helping asylum seekers and refugees. Pictured at his offices in Balmain, Sydney. 12th December 2012. Photo by Tamara Dean
Stephen Blanks who is a solicitor at a two-person firm who devotes 30 per cent of his time to pro bono work, specifically helping asylum seekers and refugees. Pictured at his offices in Balmain, Sydney. 12th December 2012. Photo by Tamara Dean

The state government will introduce what it describes as the nation's toughest terror laws and plans to keep inmates convicted of terror offences or suspected of having been radicalised behind bars after their sentence is over if they continue to pose a threat.

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