Control orders for teens needed: minister

Federal education minister Simon Birmingham says he's uncomfortable control orders for teens as young as 14 are necessary, but youth radicalisation is a reality.

"We need to recognise that the terrible incident (recently) was committed by a 15-year-old," he told Sky News on Tuesday.

It was ridiculous to consider schools and teachers the sole solution to tackling radicalisation, because they were part of a comprehensive solution involving the community and families, he said.