Australia is targeting nations trying to sow community discord, as the government cracks down on state-sponsored terror and sets up a police task force to monitor "groups of concern".The action follows allegations by spy agency ASIO that Iran's hardline Revolutionary Guard Corps orchestrated the firebombing of Jewish sites in Sydney and Melbourne in 2024, prompting the expulsion of Tehran's ambassador.

Labor quickly promised to list the guard as a terror organisation in response to the attacks, once it had legal powers in place, and ejected Iran's ambassador.

The government has now introduced legislation to parliament that will allow groups backed by foreign governments to be designated state sponsors of terror.

Attorney-General Michelle Rowland said the attacks on the Jewish community

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