Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott says his country needs to reconsider its immigration laws in reaction to the deadly siege in Sydney last December. He made the remarks on Sunday in the city as he released the first report conducted by officials from the federal government and the government of New South Wales into the incident. “Plainly, the system has let us down,” he said, adding, “This... 

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has signaled a tightening of border controls in a bid to confront terror threats looming over the island country. “We are a free and fair nation. But that doesn’t mean we should let bad people play us for mugs, and all too often they have. Well, that’s going to stop,” Abbott said in a statement released on Sunday. Australia has long provided...