Australia will spend $4.6 M to stop funding reaching IS-aligned terrorist groups.

Australia will spend $4.6 M  to stop funding reaching IS-aligned terrorist groups.

Source: AAP

The Federal Government will spend $4.6 million over three years to try to stop funding reaching 'I-S-aligned terrorist groups' in South-East Asia.

Financial intelligence agency AUSTRAC will work with international partners to detect and prevent money destined for I-S being moved through Australia.

Justice Minister Michael Keenan says cutting off the group's funding is key to stamping out efforts by the group to establish a local presence, following its decline in the Middle East.




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Australia will spend $4.6 M to stop funding reaching IS-aligned terrorist groups. | SBS Sinhala