Coronavirus conspiracies keeping ASIO busy

“While we have been actively monitoring the threat for some time, we are reprioritising our activities to focus on additional resources on the evolving threat.”

Mr Burgess said these extremists made up between 30 and 40 per cent of ASIO’s terrorism subjects.

“Many of these groups and individuals have seized upon COVID-19, believing it reinforces the narrative and conspiracies at the core of their ideologies,” he said.

“They see the pandemic as proof of the failure of globalisation, multiculturalism and democracy and confirmation societal collapse and a race war are inevitable.”

*** This article has been archived for your research. The original version from The Australian Financial Review can be found here ***