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In an address to the National Press Club this month, Home Affairs Minister Clare O'Neil expressed deep concern about the national security implications of climate change.

“Thank you for making me feel less alone and isolated,” said Washington Post columnist and Indian journalist Rana Ayyub in her speech after receiving the John Aubuchon Press Freedom award – the highest honour conferred by the US National Press Club.

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.

A retired US army major general told the National Press Club cyber war becomes less effective once conflict breaks out, pointing to Russia's action in Ukraine.