The strategy outlines what the Australian Government is doing to safeguard Australians and Australian interests from terrorism and violent extremism. It details the changes to the terrorist threat environment since 2022 and outlines the key challenges faced domestically, and globally.

Australia’s National Counter-Terrorism Plan outlines the arrangements, governance and operational responsibilities of Australian governments and agencies engaged in countering terrorism. It sits below and complements Australia’s Counter-Terrorism Strategy and sets the framework for preventative activities, the response to, investigation of, and recovery from, terrorist acts and the preparations to support these activities.

The objective of this strategy is to protect the lives of people working in, using, and visiting crowded places by making these places more resilient to terrorism.