ASIO General Secretary Mike Burgess stated that the national terrorism threat level will not be changed from 'Probable' despite a rise in anti-Semitic incidents in Australia. Burgess acknowledged the concerning escalation in targeting Jewish interests, but emphasized that the existing threat level, reflecting a greater than 50% chance of a domestic terrorist attack within the next 12 months, was raised in anticipation of politically motivated violence.
And just before we told you ASIO General Secretary Mike Burgess has released a statement ruling out changing the national threat level from probable, arguing that the level was raised last August because they anticipated spikes in politically motivated violence. Here is the statement in full: ASIO is monitoring and, in conjunction with our law enforcement partners, investigating multiple anti-Semitic incidents in Australia.
As I said at that time:“As polarisation, frustration and perceived injustices grow, ASIO anticipates an increase in politically motivated violence – including terrorism – across all ideological spectrums.”PROBABLE means probable – we assess there is a greater than 50 per cent chance of a domestic terrorist attack or attack planning in the next 12 months.The current terrorism threat level is the same as it was at the height of the Islamic State caliphate.
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