The US operation targeting the headquarters of the leader of Islamic State is likely to yield useful intelligence information to help fight terrorism around the world.
Australia's Foreign Minister Marise Payne said sensitive information was found when Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was killed by US forces in Syria on Sunday.
"I understand that there has also been significant intelligence acquisition from the site at which the attack occurred," Senator Payne said.
"Any help that that can give us in addressing Daesh in its many forms, and let's not forget that it has sent its tentacles into our region before, we know that people claiming the so-called inspiration of ISIS have launched attacks here domestically."
Senator Payne praised the US operation, which President Donald Trump watched live before declaring al-Baghdadi "died like a dog".
Special forces trapped al-Baghdadi in a tunnel before he set off a suicide vest, killing himself and three of his children.
"It's very important for the international coalition's fight against Daesh, and everything that entity has represented in such appalling ways in so many parts of the world," Senator Payne said.
"This is a very important step in dealing with the leadership of Daesh or ISIS, a very important step in removing a fundamental figure."
However, Senator Payne warned the situation in the Middle East remained highly dangerous despite IS losing their leader.
Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi delivering a Friday sermon in the main mosque of Mosul, Iraq, on July 4, 2014. Source: ABACA
"This continues to be an extremely complex environment and it continues to be an environment where working together, across the international coalition from the United States to Australia, to the leadership of a number of the European participants is very, very important," she said.
