by Peter Jennings | Jan 3, 2025 | Policy
[Note to SAA readers: This article appeared in The Australian on 03 January 2025. Overnight the FBI investigation of the attack concluded that Shamsud-Din Jabbar probably planted two IEDs in the vicinity of Bourbon Street himself, before engaging in his vehicle...
by Anthony Bergin | Aug 26, 2024 | Policy
Australia is facing a rising terror threat. This requires our terrorism alert system to be as effective as possible.This month the terrorism threat level was raised from “possible” to “probable”, in our five-level scale of not expected, possible, probable, expected,...
by Peter Jennings | Mar 2, 2024 | Policy
ASIO head Mike Burgess’s annual threat assessment speech has been a welcome addition to Canberra’s national security theatre, now in its fifth year. Rather like the great and powerful Wizard of Oz, Burgess emerges in front of a curtain – black, not green like in the...
