SYDNEY: Australia has passed a law criminalising travel to terror hotspots, a tough counter-terrorism measure aimed at stopping militants from going to Iraq and Syria to fight.
The Australian government has been increasingly concerned about the flow of foreign fighters to the Middle East to join militant groups such as Islamic State, with 70 Australians believed to have already made the journey.
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