Australia's security environment degrading, spy chief warns

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The Australian spy chief warned about a degrading security environment in Australia due to diverse threats from autocratic regimes, hackers, and antisemitic extremists. The terrorism threat level remains probable but does not capture the complex, overlapping security challenges facing the nation.

By Renju Jose SYDNEY, June 25 (Reuters) - Australia faces multi-faceted threats from autocratic regimes, hackers and antisemitic extremists that present a systemic challenge to national security and are degrading the security environment, the country's spy chief said. While Australia's terrorism threat level remains at "probable", Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) Director-General Mike Burgess said the designation does not accurately capture the "concurrent, cascading and compounding threats."