What is ASIO really telling us about terror threats?

ASIO director-general Mike Burgess says the agency has disrupted 16 potential terror threats and four more serious plots since the Bondi Beach attack. But what does “disrupted” mean, and what did ASIO know before the Bondi attacks? In this episode of New Politics, we examine why a former informant’s claims about the Bondi attackers have been ignored, ASIO’s counterterrorism priorities, warnings about possible Iranian threats, the Dural caravan hoax and Burgess’s meeting with Israeli president Isaac Herzog. Intelligence work requires secrecy, but public trust also requires answers about decisions that affect Australia’s national security. #AustralianPolitics #AusPol #ASIO.  

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