SYDNEY: Australia has created a super ministry combining its security agencies including the domestic spy service, border force and national police, the country’s prime minister said Tuesday, calling the “historic change” necessary to tackle terrorism.

The new Home Affairs portfolio—which uses Britain’s Home Office as a template—will be run by Immigration Minister Peter Dutton in a major shake-up of national security arrangements.

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