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The ASIO threat assessment is a dark outlook for Australia’s security. Are our laws up to the task?

This week, ASIO chief Mike Burgess delivered his sixth Annual Threat Assessment.

The Conversation

Espionage and terror threats grow in dangerous era

From hostile foreign nations targeting diaspora communities to youth radicalised online, the top spy agency's annual threat assessment warns risks have grown.

AAP

Australian spy boss says 3 foreign governments plotted to harm people in Australia

An Australian security boss says his spy agency has discovered three foreign governments plotting to physically harm people living in Australia

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ASIO boss expects more communal violence in worsening security environment in Australia

ASIO chief Mike Burgess has warned that over the next five years Australia’s security environment will become more dynamic, diverse and degraded, with “more security surprises” in the second half of the decade than in the first.

The Conversation

Asio chief reveals foreign spies plotted to lure Australia-based activist overseas to injure or kill them

Australia’s spy boss Mike Burgess highlights foreign intelligence operations, antisemitism and election disinformation in annual threat assessment speech

The Guardian - AU

Plots to kill people in Australia foiled by spy agency

Plots by foreign agents to lure and kill dissidents have been foiled by the nation's spy agency, with at least three countries targeting people in Australia.

AAP

As antisemitic attacks reach ‘disturbing’ levels, is strengthening hate crime laws the answer?

Mike Burgess, head of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation, has issued a stark warning following the discovery of explosives in a caravan in northwest Sydney, alongside a note bearing the address of a Sydney synagogue.

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AFP taskforce to target antisemitism as Asio boss warns politically motivated violence a ‘principal’ concern

Attorney general says now a ‘time for national unity’ after PM defends Labor’s response to Melbourne synagogue fire

The Guardian - AU

‘Beyond Bollywood and butter chicken’: rethinking Australia’s deeply misunderstood Indian diaspora

While vibrant and successful, the Indian diaspora in Australia is also fractured and fearful. Is the country paying attention?

The Guardian - AU

Police, spy agencies could access encrypted messages

Right-wing extremism is threatening Australia and tackling the issue could require authorities to gain access to Australians' encrypted messages.

AAP

Australia’s official definition of ‘terrorism’ to be reviewed for first time since September 11 attacks

Exclusive: Independent monitor to conduct ‘first principles’ review of what constitutes a terrorist act in wake of Bondi and Wakeley stabbing attacks

The Guardian - AU

Middle East terror not translating to Australia attacks

Fears of flow on attacks after Hamas' assault on Israel haven't been realised with Australia's spy chief saying no terror plots were linked to the war in Gaza.

AAP

War in Gaza didn't directly spark domestic terror: ASIO

Conflict in the Middle East did not directly inspire any major terror-related incidents in Australia in the 2024 financial year, an intelligence report says.

AAP

Protect children from online hellholes, spy chief urges

Children are at risk online from "adult strangers in alleyways" and the community must play a role in identifying warning signs, the nation's spy chief says.

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The Guardian - AU

Australia’s spy chief warns AI will accelerate online radicalisation

Asio boss Mike Burgess says social media impact is a ‘step-change’ in the threat posed by extremism

AAP

Palestinian-Australians deride visa debate as alarmist

Australians are being asked to remember the human impact of war as those fleeing Gaza are caught in the middle of a public debate over visa security checks.

The Conversation

View from The Hill: ASIO chief seeks to dig out of the hole he’d made for himself

Mike Burgess is highly respected by both Labor and Liberal politicians. When they talk about him, they nearly always throw in praise, sometimes fulsome.

The Guardian - AU

Asio chief says person who likes tweet supporting 7 October attacks on Israel could fail visa security test

In wake of Coalition criticism, Mike Burgess says support for Palestine not a problem but support for Hamas could rule out ability to come to Australia

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ASIO boss argues comments on Gaza visas 'distorted'

The ASIO director-general says his comments on the vetting process for people fleeing Gaza have been distorted, triggering a fresh round of political fighting.

The Conversation

Advocacy group to launch national campaign on Sunday to ‘amplify’ Muslim political voice

The advocacy group Muslim Votes Matter has put together a high-profile speakers list to launch its national campaign in Melbourne on Sunday, which is aimed at leveraging its influence for the federal election.

The Conversation

Australia’s new chief cyber spy inherits a massive $10 billion war chest – and an urgent mission

The selection of Abigail Bradshaw as the new head of Australia’s cyber spy agency, the Australian Signals Directorate (ASD), sends a strong message.

The Guardian - AU

Labor calls Peter Dutton a ‘sook’ in parliament for his continued attacks on Gaza visa process

In parliament, opposition leader accuses Anthony Albanese of misleading the house by selectively quoting Australia’s spy boss Mike Burgess

The Guardian - AU

Dutton’s strident Gaza digression drowns out Liberals’ epic election blunder in NSW

A random response to a single question on Wednesday morning at Sydney airport engulfed the news cycle and gave the opposition some welcome distraction

The Guardian - AU

Peter Dutton deliberately stirred division with Gaza visa comments, Jim Chalmers says

Treasurer says Australia must choose ‘high road’ as fallout from opposition leader’s position on visa-holders from Gaza rumbles on

The Guardian - AU

‘Pauline Hanson without the personality’: Dutton says he’s not racist as MPs condemn Gaza visa ban stance

Opposition leader says he refuses to be a ‘punching bag’ after saying he doesn’t believe people fleeing Gaza should be allowed into Australia

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