This strategy to prevent terrorism and violent extremism outlines Australia’s counter-terrorism environment and what the Australian government is doing to respond.

The purpose of Australia’s counter-terrorism effort is to safeguard Australia, its people and its interests from the harms of terrorism and violent extremism. This will be achieved through:

1. countering violent extremism in all its forms by preventing radicalisation of individuals before an attack takes place, and rehabilitating and reintegrating violent extremist offenders
2. equipping our law enforcement, security intelligence and other operational agencies with the resources and powers to tackle terrorist threats
3. ensuring our counter-terrorism arrangements are resilient, collaborative, consistent and proportionate both nationally and internationally.