New Orleans attack a wake-up call for Australian security [Video]

Australian authorities must remain on high alert for lone-wolf-style radical Islamic terrorist attacks similar to the rampage that killed 14 people in New Orleans, national security experts have warned.

Islamic State (IS) and other terrorist groups were seeking to harness anger about the war in Gaza to gain recruits, the experts said as they urged authorities not to lose sight of the terrorism threat amid a focus on foreign interference and espionage.

FBI deputy assistant director for counterterrorism Christopher Raia said former US Army soldier Shamsud-Din Jabbar was “100 per cent inspired by ISIS” even though he appeared to act alone in carrying out his deadly attack.

Jabbar drove into New Year’s revellers in the popular Bourbon Street area as the city prepared …