A terrorist who once professed admiration for Osama bin Laden failed to overturn a court decision keeping him behind bars for longer.
Abdul Nacer Benbrika has spent 15 years behind bars after he was found guilty and jailed for being the leader of Australia's largest terrorist network and was due to be released last year.
But lawyers for Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton argued to keep him in jail until 2023 under a continuing detention order.
A Victorian Supreme Court judge found Benbrika an unacceptable risk to the community and said he had not denounced violent jihad.
"It's the unanimous view of the court that this appeal should be dismissed," the Court of Appeal ruled on Tuesday.
