WHAT STATE AND TERRITORY LEADERS AGREED TO DO ON NATIONAL SECURITY
* Establish a national facial biometric matching capability. Agencies in all jurisdictions will be able to use a new face matching service to access passport, visa, citizenship and driver licence photos to more quickly identify "suspects or victims of terrorist or other criminal activity".
* Change existing federal laws to allow suspected terrorists to be detained without charge for up to 14 days.
* Introduce a new Commonwealth offence to outlaw the possession of instructional terrorist material.
* Introduce more specific terrorism hoax offences at a Commonwealth level.
* Expand the phone-based national emergency alert warning system - now used for natural disasters - to make it available during a national security incident.
* Legislate to ensure there is a presumption against bail and parole for people who have demonstrated support for or have links to terrorist activity.
* Increase practical counter-terrorism cooperation between the Australian Defence Force and state and territory police.
* Pursue a national approach to assessing and managing fixated threats.
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