What do the Paris attacks mean for Australia?

Islamic State's twelfth edition of its glossy magazine, Dabiq, this week took credit for a string of terrorist attacks. The first was the bombing of the Russian airliner in Egypt; the second, last weekend's attacks in Paris. Number three was the 15-year-old "brave knight" Farhad Jabar, who "struck the crusaders of Australia and killed one of their personnel", referring to Curtis Cheng, a 58-year-old father and civilian accountant with the NSW Police. It's a reminder that Australia like France remains high on the militant group's hit list. But it also illustrates some stark differences. Paris was a transnational plot involving returned fighters from Syria...