'Possible does not mean negligible' - ASIO lowers terrorism

ASIO SECURITY PRESSER

Australian Security Intelligence Organisation ASIO Director General Mike Burgess Source: AAP / MICK TSIKAS/AAPIMAGE

For the first time in eight years, the terrorism threat level for Australia has been downgraded from 'probable' to 'possible'. While authorities warn this does not rule out a deadly attack on home soil, the latest intelligence suggests the potency of some extremist ideologies is softening, and the nature of the terrorist threat is changing.


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