Australia’s domestic terrorism threat level raised as ASIO sounds alarm bell

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Australia’s domestic terrorism threat level raised as ASIO sounds alarm bell

Australia’s domestic ******* threat level has been increased from possible to probable as security agencies grapple with the rising threat of lone wolf or cell attacks driven by a mixture of ideologies.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and ASIO director-general Mike Burgess announced on Monday that the threat level, which was lowered at the end of COVID in 2022, will be raised again.

However, security agencies say the situation in 2024 is very different from in 2014, the last time the threat level was lifted to probable.

People are being increasingly radicalised online quickly, with often little to no warning before any *******.

The greatest concerns to security agencies are lone actors or small cells, with any attacks likely to be low cost, locally financed and using readily acquired weapons with relatively simple tactics.

The increased level has not been sparked by any particular incident, but rather by a pattern of incidents, threats and an environment that had concerned authorities.

In particular, lower social cohesion and a growing distrust of governments and authorities have an increasing vulnerability of individuals who are personally aggrieved and may be triggered by a perceived injustice into *********.

The debate and increasingly aggressive protests around the *******-****** conflict have been coupled with a rising self-righteousness that is described as “awful, lawful and very unhelpful”.

This is mixed with religious extremism, neo-nazis or nationalists and anti-authority *********** theorists in a potentially potent ********* of unrest driven by social media.

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