Australia Prime Minister, Tony Abbott, is asking Asia Pacific Nations to combat Islamic State (IS), saying the group has global ambitions.
At a conference in Sydney on countering terrorist propaganda, Mr Abbott said IS is a death cult with far reaching tentacles.
Australia believes more than 100 of its citizens are fighting with militant Jihadist groups in Syria and Iraq.
Mr Abbott maintained that the main challenge faced was working out how to stop young people from joining the groups, which would be the work of the conference.
“We need idealistic young people to appreciate that joining this death cult (IS) is an utterly misguided and wrong-headed way to express their desire to sacrifice,” he said.
Mr Abbott’s remarks come after US President, Barack Obama, approved sending up to 450 more military personnel to Iraq to train forces fighting IS.
Last year, Australia raised its threat level and has conducted series of counter-terrorism raids.
Amid concern about the domestic impact of Jihadist groups, Australia has introduced new national security measures including criminalising travel to terror hot spots, and giving extra funding to Police and security agencies.
The government recently announced plans to remove citizenship from dual nationals who support extremist groups.