House debates
Thursday, 18 October 2018
Questions without Notice
Australian Embassy: Israel
2:07 pm
Scott Morrison (Cook, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source
I'm advised by the Director-General of Security and the head of ASIO, Duncan Lewis, that, at this time, there is no evidence of planned violence in response to the government's announcement. There's no evidence of that. ASIO, as a matter of routine, provides this advice to Commonwealth and state governments on security matters, as it should. The director-general has advised me that he has spoken with the Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police and will formally refer this matter to the AFP for investigation. The government, of course, does not comment on the contents of security advice and intelligence matters. I want to repeat and reassure Australians that ASIO has no evidence at this time of any planned violence in response to the government's announcement on 16 October, and the matter was fully discussed by cabinet.
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