Category: Australian Security Intelligence Organisation

Threat of COVID-Linked Extremism on the Decline in Australia After the Lifting of Restrictions

February 14, 2023
ASIOAustraliaAustralian Security Intelligence OrganisationCCP VirusInternationalMike BurgessVaccines & SafetyWorld
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Threat levels of violent extremism linked to COVID lockdowns have decreased markedly over the past year, according to Australia’s domestic spy chief. “It is true; there are less people in this country who want to conduct active violence in the name of their cause,” said Mike Burgess, head of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO)….

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‘Predatory’ Beijing Focusing on Australia Resources and Wealth: Former MI6 Boss

February 18, 2022
Asia & PacificAustraliaAustralian Security Intelligence OrganisationBritish intelligenceCCP VirusChinaChina-Australia RelationsChinese RegimeIntelligenceInternationalInternational RelationsMI6Pine GapRichard DearloveWorld
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Beijing has set its “predatory” eyes on Australia’s wealth and land, the former head of British intelligence service MI6, Sir Richard Dearlove, has warned. Dearlove, who ran the spy agency from 1999 to 2004, said Australia’s untapped wealth and resources were very attractive to the Beijing. “China is eyeing this continent in a very, I…

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Australian Spy Agency to Drop ‘Islamic,’ ‘Left-Right’ Labels in Describing Evolving Extremist Threats

March 18, 2021
ASIOAustraliaAustralian Security Intelligence OrganisationespionageInternationalIslamic extremismMike Burgessright-wing extremismWorld
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Australia’s domestic spy agency will no longer use terms such as ‘left-wing,’ ‘right-wing,’ and ‘Islamic extremism’ when describing potential terrorist or security threats to the nation. During the agency’s Annual Threat Assessment, Burgess said the left-right and Islamic labels were “no longer fit for purpose”, and the agency would, instead, use the categories “religiously motivated…

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