In tonight's headlines:
** Three suburban contact tracing units to become operational in Melbourne over the next few days...
** Threats from right-wing extremists signficantly increase in Australia...
And
** In sport, the A-F-L announces its finals line-up, and the latest on IPL.
In tonight’s news bulletin, get the COVID-19 update from around Australia and also hear about:
Australia's domestic spy agency has revealed a significant rise in the number of far-right extremists it has under surveillance.
ASIO deputy director-general Heather Cook has told a parliamentary committee that right-wing violence currently occupies between 30 and 40 per cent of the organisation's counter-terrorism cases.
She says that's up from 10 to 15 per cent prior to 2016.
"I think not dissimilar to the way ISIL [IS] used its propaganda and its ability to manipulate social media to recruit the young and the vulnerable, I think we are seeing a similar phenomenon being used by some in that extreme right wing milieu to good effect," said Ms Cook.
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