00:00The advice that we've received is that more Australians are embracing a more diverse range
00:07of extreme ideologies and it is our responsibility to be vigilant.
00:14To be clear, this is the same threat level that was in place in Australia for more than
00:21eight years before it was lowered in November of 2022.
00:26At that time we said as a government this does not mean that the threat from terrorism
00:31is extinguished.
00:34Since then we've seen a global rise in politically motivated violence and extremism.
00:41Many democracies are working to address this, including our friends in the United States
00:46and in the United Kingdom.
00:48There are many things driving this global trend towards violence.
00:53Governments around the world are concerned about youth radicalisation, online radicalisation
00:59and the rise of new mixed ideologies.
01:03My government respects our intelligence agencies.
01:06We listen to their advice and we act on their advice and that is what we are doing today.
01:12You've heard me say many times that espionage and foreign interference are our principal
01:16security concerns.
01:18ASIO's intelligence suggests that is no longer accurate.
01:23While the threats to our way of life remain elevated, we are seeing an increase in extremism.
01:28More Australians are being radicalised and radicalised more quickly.
01:33More Australians are embracing a more diverse range of extreme ideologies and more Australians
01:38are willing to use violence to advance their cause.
01:42Politically motivated violence now joins espionage and foreign interference as our principal
01:46security concerns.
01:48These factors make ASIO's job more difficult.
01:52The threats are becoming harder to predict and identify.
01:55The drivers of radicalisation, grievance, extremism are growing and interacting in ways
02:01we've not seen before, creating a security climate that's very different to the one
02:05existed when we last raised the threat level.
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