Anthony Albanese announced the government would lift the terror threat level from ‘possible’ to ‘probable’ but said it did not mean ‘inevitable’

The Australian government has raised the country’s terrorism threat level from “possible” to “probable”, reversing a change made nearly two years ago.

The prime minister, Anthony Albanese, made the announcement in Canberra on Monday.

Intelligence sources said the decision to raise the threat level was not triggered by any single issue or ideology, but noted an overall increase in polarisation in Australia and other western countries.

The sources said social cohesion was under strain and Covid-era grievances were being exacerbated by the Israel-Hamas conflict.

    • 𝚝𝚛𝚔English
      5•2 months ago

      He’s American, literally. Doesn’t matter where he’s from, old mates comment stands.

      https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rupert_Murdoch

      In 1981, Murdoch bought The Times, his first British broadsheet, and, in 1985, became a naturalized US citizen, giving up his Australian citizenship, to satisfy the legal requirement for US television network ownership.

    • @AurenkinEnglish
      3•2 months ago

      But he’s also American isn’t he?

      • @CheradenineEnglish
        3•2 months ago

        Yes, he gave up official ‘daily daft dingo’ status in '85 so he could own american television networks

    • FarraigePlaisteachEnglish
      2•2 months ago

      I consider the colonial parts of AUS & NZ to be just as much “the West”. We’re all the same monoculture anglosphere besides minor surface differences.