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Terror threat level system needs review: ASIO boss

Australia's terrorism threat level "does not tell the full story" as the nation's domestic spy boss revealed he is considering changing the warning system.

AAP

Iranian agents lived in Australia before directing attacks on Sydney and Melbourne, spy chief says

Iran’s Revolutionary Guard used two agents who once lived in Australia to direct arson attacks against Jewish targets in Sydney and Melbourne, said Mike Burgess, director general of the Australian Security and Intelligence Organization

The Independent UK

Australian citizen working as spy for Iran ‘orchestrated’ Bondi firebombing, Asio boss says

Mike Burgess’s annual threat assessment warns social media is ‘amplifying’ an erosion of trust in institutions, promoting discord and heightening polarisation

The Guardian - AU

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ASIO chief reveals former Australian resident directed attack on Melbourne synagogue

A former Australian resident living in Iraq directed the attack on Melbourne Adass Israel Synagogue in December 2024, the head of ASIO Mike Burgess has revealed.

The Conversation

Australian in Iran behind Jewish attacks on home soil

An Australian living in Iran and an ex-resident now in Iraq orchestrated firebombings of Jewish targets on home soil, the nation's spy chief has revealed.

AAP

Anti-Semitism inquiry gets full counter-terrorism data

The anti-Semitism royal commission has once again knocked back a government bid keep documents about counter-terrorism funding secret.

AAP

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'Different environment' for police since Bondi attack

The deadly Bondi terror attack has changed the face of policing, with the NSW force now carrying long arm rifles in public in response to terrorism threats.

AAP

Anti-Semitism was 'left unchecked’ in Australia after Gaza war, spy chief says

Australia’s spy chief on Monday told an inquiry into the Bondi Beach mass shooting that anti-Semitism was left unchecked in the country after the start of the war in Gaza. Australian Security Intelligence Organisation head Mike Burgess added that before the attack that killed 15 people attending a Jewish Hanukkah…

France 24

Australian spy boss says he shifted resources from counterterrorism before Hanukkah attack

An Australian spy agency boss has told an inquiry he had pivoted resources away from counterterrorism to espionage and foreign a few years before two gunmen massacred 15 people at Sydney Hanukkah celebration

The Independent UK

Bondi beach gunmen shot 11 people within 30 seconds of opening fire, royal commission hears

Commission also told NSW police declined to provide static police presence at Chanukah by the Sea but four officers were at event when attack began

The Guardian - AU

‘We just want our children to be safe’: two Australian states prepare to resettle children from Syrian detention camp

Four women and nine children expected to return to Australia on Thursday with all apart from a mother and her child expected to go to Victoria

The Guardian - AU

Premier pledges tough response to anti-Semitism probe

Public safety tweaks in the wake of the Bondi massacre will continue, a state premier says, as he signals he doesn't care if they upset people.

AAP

Two Chinese nationals charged over alleged spy ring

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Shadow attorney general says it would be unacceptable to ‘effectively knife’ first female Liberal leader – as it happened

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Bondi shooters went 'dark to stay off the radar': ASIO

ASIO admitted it cannot stop every terrorist or catch every spy but has stood by an early assessment of one of the Bondi shooters that cleared him as a threat.

The Guardian - AU

Australian chapter of Islamist group Hizb ut-Tahrir has no plans to disband before Labor’s hate speech laws

Organisation singled out by home affairs minister as one that could be targeted by new laws targeting ‘hate groups’

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Neo-Nazis surveilled after hate laws prompt disbanding

Proposed hate speech laws drawn up in response to the Bondi massacre have led to the disbanding of one of Australia's most prominent neo-Nazi groups.

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Jewish groups push to scrap hate speech law exemptions

Coalition members and Jewish groups have come out against proposed hate speech laws drawn up in response to the Bondi massacre.

The Guardian - AU

Anthony Albanese insists his short, sharp review into the Bondi attack is enough. What can it examine and what is off limits?

Dennis Richardson will investigate the actions of security agencies and federal police. But critics argue only a royal commission can address the wider issue of antisemitism

The Conversation

View from The Hill: Has Albanese misjudged the public mood or is he fearful of a royal commission?

Anthony Albanese’s resistance to calling a national royal commission in the wake of Bondi is nearly impossible to comprehend.

AAP

Review slammed amid calls for major probe into massacre

An inquiry into security agencies following the Bondi massacre is not good enough when a federal royal commission is needed, the opposition says.

The Guardian - AU

Albanese orders review of federal intelligence and policing processes in lead-up to Bondi beach attack

Former Asio chief Dennis Richardson to lead review into AFP and Asio processes amid growing calls for a royal commission

The Guardian - AU

‘Very deep introspection’: unanswered questions for intelligence agencies on actions in lead-up to Bondi attack

Experts say inquiry should look into actions of Asio after it cleared one alleged shooter following 2019 assessment

The Guardian - AU

What changes are planned to Australia’s hate speech laws and how will they work?

The Albanese government’s five-point plan includes a new aggravated hate speech offence and powers to reject visas – but the details are scant

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