Australia’s domestic terrorism threat level has been upgraded from possible to probable.
The threat level has been raised due to an increased risk of politically motivated violence amid heightened community tensions, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Tuesday.
Albanese confirmed the move following a National Security Committee meeting, saying it was not due to one specific incident.
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He said advice from the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation was more Australians were embracing a more diverse range of “extreme ideologies”.
“Probable does not mean inevitable, and it does not mean there is intelligence about an imminent threat or danger,” he said.
“It is our responsibility to be vigilant.”
ASIO director Mike Burgess said the country’s security environment was “more volatile and more unpredictable”.
“More Australians are being radicalised and radicalised more quickly … and more Australians are willing to use violence to advance their cause,” he said.
“Politically motivated violence now joins espionage and foreign interference as our principal security concerns.
“Politically motivated violence encompasses terrorism, but is broader than that and covers any violent act or any violent threat intended or likely to achieve a political objective.”
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