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Home affairs minister says there will be high level of scrutiny and surveillance of woman previously issued temporary exclusion order. Follow today’s news live

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Government reviewing threat levels, says Burke

Tony Burke says the government is reviewing the structure of the terror threat levels, after spy boss, Mike Burgess, last night claimed the current system doesn’t adequately describe the circumstances the country faces.

What Mike Burgess was making very clear last night is it has continued to increase the intensity of the threat level since we originally did the escalation to probable.

There is a review that’s happening on that … Different countries, particularly our Five Eyes partners, everyone does it a slightly different way and we’re looking at that. The thing that matters is making sure that the Australian people, but also all the law enforcement agencies, get the best possible information. And so in the absence of there being a change in label, last night’s speech served that exact purpose.

The temporary exclusion order applies until a permit is issued. And when a permit is requested, a permit lawfully has to be issued.

I’ve been working through with my department, my agencies, Australian federal police and Asio, and with the lawyers to see every possible condition we can put on that permit … But we received the final advice yesterday that we can no longer have an exclusion condition any longer for her.