Australia is to significantly increase its contingent of troops training local forces in Iraq, Prime Minister Tony Abbott has announced.
An additional 300 troops will be sent to the country in a joint mission with New Zealand, Mr Abbott said.
They will join the 200 special forces already in the country tasked with training the Iraqi army.
The Royal Australian Air Force joined the US-led coalition against Islamic State (IS) in Iraq in October.
'Death cult'
Mr Abbott said that supporting the Iraqi army in its fight against IS - which he referred to by another name, Daesh - was vital to domestic as well as international security.
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