Seventy terrorism investigations under way across Australia

By David Wroe, National Security Correspondent
Updated May 19 2017 - 8:18pm, first published 8:12pm
AFP Deputy Commissioner Mike Phelan (left) and AFP Commissioner Andrew Colvin (right) address the media during a press conference on the organisation's work during the Bali Nine investigation, at the AFP Headquarters in Canberra on Monday 4 May 2015. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
AFP Deputy Commissioner Mike Phelan (left) and AFP Commissioner Andrew Colvin (right) address the media during a press conference on the organisation's work during the Bali Nine investigation, at the AFP Headquarters in Canberra on Monday 4 May 2015. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen Photo: Alex Ellinghausen

Police have about 70 terrorism investigations going on across the country, as ASIO signals concern that some children of foreign fighters may pose a jihadism risk if they return home.