 How are you feeling? Great. A little bit worried about the questions you might be asked today? No. Who came up with this idea? Okay. What is your name and what do you do? Roger Noble, counter terrorist ambassador for Australia. Ambassador, what is it that you actually do? That's a good question. So actually I'm very lucky. So I represent Australia offshore with our international partners of which we have many on the any issue related to counter terrorism. Does this involve being involved in counter terrorism operations? Not if I can help it. So no, it's not an operational position but we do care about counter terrorism operations and we're trying to enable all of our other agencies to be successful and to keep Australians safe. Do you have a favourite quote? Make your own luck, Ernest Hemingway. Is counter terrorism still relevant when compared to the other priorities facing the world? Absolutely. And the reason it is unfortunately is the terrorists are still out there and violent extremists would do us harm. So it remains really important that the counter terrorist effort is effective. No matter what other challenges we face and Australia like most countries faces quite a few. Do you have a particular philosophy? Ooh, that's deep. So frankly, I'm a stoic. So I don't believe you control much but what you do control is yourself. What are your views on big tech and their responsibilities in relation to countering terrorism? Well, it's the 21st century so big tech has big impact on all of us basically through the control and flow of information so I think they have an obligation along with all of us to manage violent extremism online and to get that material off and to help us all keep people safe and stop the spread of the appeal of violent extremism. Is it okay to have extreme and radical ideas? Yeah, if it's missing the word violent in our country, it's okay. So we don't have to like what you think and that's a good thing, it's a democracy but when there's violence or the spread of violence that's where the line is. If you could give your teenage self a piece of advice, what would it be? Surf more. What are the consequences of the Afghanistan withdrawal? We'll see. So clearly with Afghanistan there's a pretty much a global concern that violent extremism does not do well there and it doesn't turn into a safe haven that enables the projection of transnational terrorism around the globe as happened in 2001. What is the extreme right wing? Aren't they just a bunch of people who look like they belong on the set of a movie? Good question. The extreme right wing pulls in what we call ideologically motivated violent extremism. It's another ideology that is as violent at its heart which we need to counter and it's a pretty amorphous grouping and it can look like the set of a movie and takes ideas from the past but in the 21st century it remains a problem for Australia. What should take priority human rights or preventing terrorism? So part of our approach to preventing terrorism is staunch adherence to human rights and respect for people. Fundamentally terrorists don't respect people and we do. Is the internet helping or preventing terrorism? That's a big question. The internet is the internet. The digital age is the digital age which means information flows around the globe immediately and gets into everybody's hands. So it can both aid terrorists in helping them do what they do and it can be a key tool in helping us prevent it by putting a counter narrative and explaining to people why terrorism is not what we should be doing. What are your proudest professional achievement? Actually fighting terrorists in the army mainly 2016 in Iraq helping the Iraqis get back for leisure and liberate Mosul. Where do you see the world heading in the future? What can be done to overcome them? Well, the world is changing really quickly. Everybody sits and says that. But in this world the rate of change is exponential especially technology. So I think we're going to have to deal really with ubiquitous information flowing everywhere immediately. And that means that we're going to have to talk more, communicate more and make a compelling case to stop the spread of violent extremism. What do you want to achieve with the terrorist ambassador? I want Australia's relationships internationally to be first-rate. And when we really need help to help Australians somewhere we've got a network we can leverage and that we're respected in the reverse that when other countries need help from us they know they can get it.