ASIO’s boss says local extremists will use the Middle East war to recruit, while warning state actors are also seeking an edge in the battle for global supremacy.
Australia is on high alert for signs of neo-Nazis and Islamic extremists using the escalating conflict in the Israel-Hamas war for recruitment drives and potential violence, as the nation’s intelligence boss also warned that Russia and China were trying to steal nuclear technology secrets from the AUKUS submarine pact.
“We know the neo-Nazis would be looking at this. They have it well planned as part of their awful ideology and they do not like Jewish people – and you know where that goes – so you see them firing up. “I’m confident they’ll figure it out at the right time – but now is not the right time for them,” he said.
“They’re looking to see: well, how did you get here? What are you thinking? What are you planning? … What opportunities do we have to learn secrets? Russia or China would be the two main countries. There’d be others.”
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