Australia is considering banning laptops from inbound airliner cabins. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said in Canberra that his government is looking very closely at the bans on laptops and tablets on flights from some Middle Eastern countries announced by the US and Britain in March. <br/><br/>However, he refused to discuss the intelligence upon which a laptop ban was being considered or its source. Turbbull said, Australia would work very closely with its partners around the world in constantly reviewing aviation security. <br/><br/>The US ban on laptops and tablets affects flights from Amman, Jordan; Kuwait City; Cairo; Istanbul; Jeddah and Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; Casablanca, Morocco; Doha, Qatar, and Dubai and Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates. <br/><br/>The British security rules apply to flights from Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt, Tunisia and Saudi Arabia.