The caravan plot has prompted a rare intervention from the nation's spy chief who has sought to reassure people there's no ongoing threat to public safety. Mike burgess has described the recent spate of anti-semitic incidents as appalling but says the nation's terror threat level remains unchanged.
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00:00A Prime Ministerial pledge for more public school funding is overshadowed by another
00:09grave anti-Semitic threat.
00:11It's designed to create fear and terror in the community and it will not succeed.
00:17Revelations about the discovery of the caravan 11 days ago have triggered questions at a
00:22federal level.
00:23The Prime Minister won't say when he was briefed or if state premiers were told at last week's
00:29National Cabinet meeting.
00:31I don't comment on operational matters.
00:33Peter Dutton's piling on the pressure.
00:35Should we act surprised that this has escalated now to an attempted terrorist attack?
00:39No we shouldn't.
00:41And the Prime Minister needs to show national leadership here to deal with the national
00:44crisis and so far there's been no sign of it.
00:47Anthony Albanese today convened a meeting of Cabinet's National Security Committee to
00:51discuss the caravan terror plot.
00:54It was followed by a rare public statement from ASIO boss Mike Burgess who called out
01:00the disturbing escalation in anti-Semitic acts and acknowledged the distress it's causing
01:05the Jewish community.
01:07While the caravan matter in NSW remains under police investigation, Mike Burgess says, ASIO
01:13does not believe there's an ongoing threat to public safety.
01:17For now, he says, the terror threat level will remain at probable.
01:22This is a time for unity and for the country to come together.
01:27It's not the time, he says, for politics.