'The delicate balance between freedom and security may have to shift': Tony Abbott

By Lisa Cox
Updated April 23 2018 - 8:55pm, first published September 22 2014 - 3:44pm

Australians have been warned that their freedoms might have to be restricted for the sake of national security, as the government prepares to introduce counter-terrorism laws to crack down on Australians fighting for militant or terrorist groups.

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