Scan all to stop Ebola attack: Lambie

Palmer United Party senator Jacqui Lambie wants more customs officers employed to scan and take the temperature of every person entering Australia in an effort to stop Ebola-infected suicide bombers.

Senator Lambie questioned defence force officials on Wednesday about whether there was a threat of terrorists infected with Ebola travelling to Australia to launch suicide-bomb attacks.

Vice chief of defence Vice-Admiral Ray Griggs said there was no evidence that was likely, but the Tasmanian senator doesn't buy those assurances.

"It's biological chemical warfare," she told Sky News on Wednesday.

"Why couldn't they jump on a plane and we don't pick them up?"

Australia had no system in place to detect Ebola-infected terrorists and customs officials should scan everyone on entry, she said.

"It's better to take precautionary measures," she said.

Senator Lambie admitted scanning every entrant would be a "massive ordeal" but would be worth it.

"We should do everything we possibly can," she said.

"There's plenty of suicide missions going on around the world, so what's stopping them hopping on a plane and coming here?"

It's not known where Senator Lambie's concerns originated.

US spoof website National Report recently ran a satirical story on officials learning about Islamic State terrorist plans to spread Ebola by suicide bombing populated American cities.