Australia lifts terrorism threat level to ‘probable’

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese addresses the media. (Lukas Coch/Pool Photo/AP)

The Australian government has elevated the nation’s terrorism threat alert level from “possible” to “probable”, citing concerns about increasing radicalisation among young people and community tensions over the Israel-Hamas war.

It is the first time the threat level has been elevated to the midpoint of the five-tier National Terrorism Threat Advisory System since November 2022.