Australia increases pressure on white supremacists

Following New Zealand attack, security agencies are increasing their "scrutiny and pressure" on white supremacists. Home Affairs Department chief executive told Senate committee that Australian agencies were working to assist the New Zealand investigation into mosque shootings.

Canberra: An Australian national security official says security agencies are increasing their "scrutiny and pressure" on white supremacists after the New Zealand mosque attack.

Home Affairs Department chief executive Mike Pezzullo told a Senate committee on Friday that Australian agencies were working to assist the New Zealand investigation into the Australian man arrested in the killings of 50 worshippers in two Christchurch mosques last week.

Pezzullo said the Home Affairs Department stood resolutely against white supremacy and he addressed its adherents in saying,"The scrutiny and pressure that you are under will only intensify".