Australia welcomes reported collapse of Islamic State 'caliphate'

By David Wroe, National Security Correspondent
Updated November 18 2017 - 10:53pm, first published 10:45pm

The Turnbull government has welcomed reports the Islamic State's so-called caliphate has fallen after the liberation of the last militant-held town in Iraq but signalled the group still needs to be fought globally as a terrorist outfit.

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