Federal Attorney-General Philip Ruddock does not believe there is an urgent need for a new court to deal exclusively with suspected terrorists. It follows reports senior police and anti-terrorism experts are lobbying for a system in which "terror" cases are decided through judicial interrogation rather than trials. Mr Ruddock has agreed to listen to more details about the proposal but he says it is probably unnecessary. "We have had I think six terrorism offences in three different states," he said. "We've had one conviction, you know the establishment of a separate court to deal with terrorism offences when you have five matters that you are presently having to deal with seems to me to be a little overboard," he said.