ASIO is not Exaggerating the Security Threat to Australia

On June 24, 2026, the Director General of Security (aka, the head of ASIO), Mike Burgess, in ASIO’s Annual Threat Assessment address (available on ASIO’s YouTube channel) said: “When an Australian is killed at the hands of a foreign government on Australian soil, we will be shocked but we shouldn’t be surprised.” He also said the words, “we will be shocked but we shouldn’t be surprised”, or “we…