Tony Abbott names Greg Moriarty as new counter-terror tsar

By Mark Kenny and Tom Allard
Updated May 25 2015 - 5:08pm, first published May 24 2015 - 11:45pm

Canberra's billion dollar-plus fightback against the increasing risk of home-grown terrorism will take a major step forward from Monday when Prime Minister Tony Abbott names the former distinguished diplomat, Greg Moriarty, as the country's first National Counter-Terrorism Coordinator.