Warnings over ASIO workload because of heightened terror threat

The Albanese government is under pressure to boost funding for the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation to combat the twin threats of rising extremism and foreign espionage, after chief Mike Burgess warned the agency’s resources were “stretched”.

After ASIO raised the nation’s alert level for a terror attack from possible to probable on Monday, Mr Burgess said politically motivated violence now ranked alongside espionage as Australia’s dominant security concerns.