In short:
ASIO has foiled plots by hostile foreign nations to assassinate or harm critics in Australia.
The spy agency’s boss also expressed fears in his annual threat assessment that antisemitic attacks had not yet “plateaued”.
What’s next?
Diplomatic offices are being warned not to meddle in the coming federal election.
For the first time, the ASIO boss has also declassified parts of his organisation’s most recent “futures assessment” that outlines threats out to 2030, and that he describes as “an uncomfortable assessment”.
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Not that I’m remotely qualified to do this guy’s job, but $600,000 is not enough. He gets paid more than the prime minister, but I think he has the harder job.
Imagine having to protect Australians from foreign and domestic threats like that. Thwarting attacks, and it rarely raises an eyebrow from anyone. But let one through to the keeper…
He’s just the mouth piece. The worker bees get paid pennies in comparison, and they do the actual work