Peter Dutton,
None of that, though, should give rise to the sort of conduct that you’re referring to. I would say to anybody in our community, whether it’s within your friendship group, your family group, the work group, whatever it might be, where you see somebody’s behaviour changing, regardless of their motivation,
or if they’ve changed radically their thoughts about society and government, etc., you need to report that information to ASIO, or to the Australian Federal Police as a matter of urgency. The Director-General of ASIO needs to be taken seriously when he gives his words of advice yesterday.
Article on it here:
https://www.noticer.news/peter-dutton-r ... nd-family/
Australians told to report friends and family for anti-government thoughts.
August 6, 2024
The Noticer
Opposition leader Peter Dutton has called on Australians to report their friends and family to intelligence agencies or the police
if they change their thoughts on the government.
Mr Dutton made the comments in an interview with Sky News host Laura Jayes, who asked him about Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) boss Mike Burgess on Monday warning of an increased risk of terrorism.
“We saw the terror threat raised to Probable yesterday. But there are multiple fronts now. One of those fronts that I found most interesting has come out of Covid,” Ms Jaye asked.
“There’s the conspiracy theorists, the anti-vaxxers, who are finding support in dark corners of the internet. What does this say to you about – and I know we can all be perfect in hindsight, Covid was unprecedented – but what does it say to you about government overreach, and government, essentially, controlling people’s lives and the effects that that can have?”
Dean Anderson said: “We are now entering the dark days of the USSR. Opposed to the government ? Dob in your neighbours.”
Mr Burgess said on Monday that the terror threat had been raised after eight incidents in the past four months were deemed terrorism, investigated for terror links, or were prevented by ASIO.
Intelligence sources have said all eight were alleged perpetrated by young men aged 14 to 21, including the alleged Islamic terror attack on Orthodox Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel in April.
“Politically motivated violence now joins espionage and foreign interference as our principle security concerns,” Mr Burgess said.
“Anti-authority beliefs are growing, trust in institutions is eroding, provocative, inflammatory behaviours are being normalised.
