George Brandis (Queensland, Liberal Party, Attorney-General) Share this | Hansard source

We of course have a very close partnership at every level with like-minded nations and other nations as well to confront and defeat this common enemy. Our most intimate partnership is with the like-minded English-speaking democracies who meet in the Five Eyes community. There has been very close cooperation among Five Eyes countries, in particular, obviously, in relation to the UK event between Australia and Britain at an agency level. I am able to tell you—though I cannot go into the details—that ASIO and the AFP have been directly engaged in assisting MI5 and the UK police in the investigation of the terrorism events that occurred in Manchester and at London Bridge.