PM refuses to confirm UK info foiled plot

Prime Minister Tony Abbott has refused to confirm if British intelligence led to the foiling of an alleged Anzac Day terror plot in Australia.

British police arrested a 14-year-old boy in the UK over links to the alleged plot.

They passed on the information to Australian police, who arrested five men in pre-dawn raids in Melbourne on Saturday.

Mr Abbott declined to go into details on Tuesday but said Australia and British authorities were working with the "closest possible" co-operation to stop misguided and gullible people being seduced by Islamic State.