g'day
@pints you refer to the kid as being a Muslim..... any substantiation to that? pls post a link if you have one.
Burgess probably has a pretty good idea of the threats that challenge Aus security
ASIO's director-general Mike Burgess said Australia's security environment had become more volatile and unpredictable.
"More Australians are being radicalised and being radicalised more quickly," Mr Burgess said.
"More Australians are willing to use violence to advance their cause. Politically motivated violence now joins espionage and foreign interference as our principal security concerns."
He also noted the conflict in Gaza was not the "cause" for raising the terror level, though it had been a "significant driver".
Mr Burgess said, however, raising the threat level did not mean ASIO had intelligence about plans of a current attack or expectations of an imminent attack.
But he said agencies had disrupted eight incidents in just the last four months that involved alleged terrorism or were investigated as potential acts of terrorism.
LINKwho said its was left wing extremists who were the threat. my take on this report, basically anonymised, features concern due to the Israeli war on Gaza and people getting all upset and agitated.
Albanese made a salient point.... he suggests we should all keep calm and not blame anyone. good advice imo. I should learn from this.
