Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd announced the federal government does not support Australian Federal Police Commissioner Mick Keelty's call for a media blackout during terrorism cases, ABC News reported Friday.

Keelty announced in a speech Tuesday that the media should not be allowed to report on terrorism cases until they are finalised in court.

Rudd said that although he is confident Keelty as a commissioner, the government will not act on his call, ABC News reported.

“He's speaking obviously in terms of his own capacity as head of the Federal Police,” he said, according to ABC News. “The government has its own view and the government's view is that the media should simply abide by the laws of the land.”

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