"ISIL is a threat that reaches out to Australia and our allies and partners," the spokesman said. Liberal Democrat senator David Leyonhjelm says what the latest IS video shows is that "these people are not sophisticated criminals, they're easy to catch, we don't need new laws". Credit:Peter Rae "This is why Australia has joined the coalition to disrupt and degrade ISIL in Iraq and is giving our law enforcement and security agencies the powers and resources they need to keep Australia and Australians as safe as possible." But Senator Leyonhjelm, who opposes granting the spy agencies more power and says Australians have been "scared" into supporting the military mission in Iraq, says the video shows a bunch of "clowns". "What it demonstrates is that these people we're dealing with are dickheads, absolute dickheads," the Liberal Democrat senator told reporters on his way into Parliament on Wednesday.

"These people are not sophisticated criminals, they're easy to catch, we don't need new laws. "They're way too stupid to outsmart existing laws." It's not the first time this week that a federal parliamentarian has used the word "dickhead" in an interview, with Labor's Brendan O'Connor on Monday accusing Mathias Cormann of "sounding like a dickhead" when criticising the Finance Minister's "economic girly man" comment.

Elmir ran away from his Bankstown home in June and did not tell his parents that he planned to join the terrorist group and to fight in Iraq. Opposition Leader Bill Shorten said the video was "deeply concerning" and showed ISIL was preying upon and "brainwashing" young Australians.

"What we need to do is have a renewed effort in our own communities to reach out to disaffected young people...and just make sure they don't fall off the rails and get into the hands of these manipulative, exploitative terror organisations," he said in Canberra. The federal MP representing Bankstown, Labor's Tony Burke, said it had to be asked how a Sydney teenager could go from a normal upbringing to become a terrorist fighter. "I do feel for the family members, who look at someone who they've known as a child and they've raised in Australia and just ask the question how on earth does this happen," he said. Mr Burke said caucus would meet on Wednesday and Labor MPs would debate the second branch of counter-terrorism legislation, which the government wants passed by the end of the year. Follow us on Twitter