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As the terror alert has gone up a seperat thread is in order.
Tony Abbott announces Australian terror threat raised from ‘medium’ to ‘high’
Australia's terror threat level has been raised from medium to high, meaning a terror attack on home soil is now officially considered "likely".
The nation's outgoing spy chief ASIO Director General David Irvine says an attack could manifest itself in a "Bali-style attack, although Prime Minister Tony Abbott said on Friday that the agencies had not detected any "particular plots".
Mr Abbott expressed confidence that the authorities are "smarter than terrorists and would be terrorists," and would remain "one step ahead" of their malice.
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Mr Abbott made the much anticipated announcement at a media conference with the Attorney-General George Brandis and Mr Irvine four days after the ASIO chief flagged the escalation.
Mr Abbott stressed that raising the terror threat level did not mean a terror attack was "imminent" but said it meant there are people in Australia with the "intent and capability" to carry out at terror attack.
He said it would "not make any difference to daily life" for the vast majority of Australians but it would mean "more security" at airports, ports, military bases, public buildings and large public events, including the upcoming AFL Grand Finals. But he said football fans should not be deterred from attending the games
Normal life in Australia can and must go on," he said. "We want people to go about their normal lives and we certainly want to people to enjoy the football if their teams are lucky enough to be in the grand final," he said.
Acting Australian Federal Police Commissioner Andrew Colvin said sports fans "fortunate enough" to have tickets to the grand final should still attend as police have "well worked" plans for securing major matches.
PM Tony Abbott watches as ASIO chief David Irvine explains the increase in terror threat level. Photo: Luis Ascui
"You may expect to see heightened police presence but it won't be intrusive, I'm sure," he said.
Mr Abbott also said a "modest information campaign" would begin within weeks.
Mr Irvine said the events in the Middle East over recent months had activated people at home who support the extremism propagated by ISIL militants in Iraq and Syria.
He said 60 to 70 Australians were among the 10,000 foreign fighters fighting alongside the terrorists in Iraq and Syria and some had returned home.
@*julia*2010 wrote:
@i-need-a-martini wrote:
@*julia*2010 wrote:you're welcome
For what?
The first specific report in the Telegraph appeared an hour ago. That was after I searched.
you said you couldn't find any information
i assumed you meant on various news sites tv etc
as i said it was on the news this morning - an early morning news report on tv
and i provided a link to just one of many news reports (from early this morning)
Thanks for the link but it's no use even trying to put that report across as they only read what they want to.
@i-need-a-martini wrote:
@*julia*2010 wrote:you're welcome
For what?
The first specific report in the Telegraph appeared an hour ago. That was after I searched.
And still nothing from more reputable sources.
So much for your offense that I made it up.
Sydney in the firing line of Islamic State fanatics: Police escalate search for five rocket launchers
POLICE have significantly escalated their search for five rocket launchers believed to be buried in Sydney bushland by a terror cell linked to Islamic State savages Khaled Sharrouf and Mohamed Elomar.
NSW and federal police have ramped up their search for the lethal rocket launchers, following the government’s decision to raise the national terror alert level to “high” and ahead of the November G20 meeting in Brisbane
The Daily Telegraph can also reveal members of the Pendennis Nine terror cell — who planned to attack high-profile Sydney targets and are serving long jail terms — have refused to tell police where the rocket launchers are hidden.
A NSW Police spokesman said officers were “actively” searching for the five rocket launchers, which were among 10 stolen by former Army captain Shane Della-Vedova from a military facility in Orchard Hills in 2002.
One was recovered, and four are believed to have been sold on the black market, possibly to overseas buyers.
“NSW Police continue to actively investigate these missing weapons,” the spokesman said yesterday.
“We will continue to explore a range of avenues to recover them.”
