50 Percent Chance of Terrorism in Australia: Spy Agency Boss

Australian Security Intelligence Organisation director general Mike Burgess and Australian Federal Police Commissioner also raised concerns about social media.

Police officers that form part of the Australian Joint Counter Terrorism Team stand outside a home they raided as part of an operation in which they arrested three men who were allegedly preparing to attack the public in Melbourne, Australia, on Nov. 20, 2018. AAP/David Crosling/via Reuters

The threat that someone is either planning or will conduct a terrorist attack within the next 12 months in Australia is 50 percent, according to the boss of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO).

ASIO Director-General of Security Mike Burgess revealed the startling figure during a speech at the National Press Club of Australia in Canberra on April 24.