Australia’s security environment degrading, spy chief warns

By Renju Jose

SYDNEY, June 25 (Reuters) – Australia faces multi-faceted threats from autocratic regimes, hackers and antisemitic extremists that present a systemic challenge to national security and are degrading the security environment, the country’s spy chief said.

While Australia’s terrorism threat level remains at “probable”, Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) Director-General Mike Burgess said the designation does not accurately capture the “concurrent, cascading and compounding threats.”