Australian & Global Politics: The Threat of Global Terrorism

Foreign Policy White Paper 2017

by Josephine Hincks
The battle for Marawi has its roots in the complex and bloody history of Mindanao, where four decades of armed struggle have claimed more than 150,000 lives.

Foreign Policy White Paper 2017

ASIO exists to protect Australians and their interests from serious threats to their security.

Find out what it costs the Australian Government to protect its citizens from terrorism

Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC)

Chapter 5 : 2017 Foreign Policy White Paper

The GTD World Map: 45 Years of Terrorism displays terrorist violence that occurred worldwide between 1970 and 2015

In light of the September 11 attacks, terrorism has become an increasingly significant issue around the world in the twenty-first century.

By John Blaxland, 6 February 2018
The battle for Marawi, on the Philippines island of Mindanao, raged for months in the second half of last year as the Philippines' military and police struggled against an insurgency aligned with the so-called Islamic State group, or Daesh.

23 February, by Kelsey Munro
Security experts reckon the world really is a more dangerous place in 2018.

by Michael McGowan, The Guardian, 31 January 2018
The Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (Asio) has told a parliamentary inquiry that it needs sweeping new national security laws – which media agencies say would “criminalise” journalism – because the threat posed by foreign espionage is worse than during the cold war.

26 July 2017, by Ross Gittins
These days there aren't many scams bigger than all the fuss we're making about the threat of terrorism coming to our shores.
According to a survey conducted by the Australian National University last year, 45 per cent of people said they were somewhat or very concerned that they or their family could be the victim of a terrorist attack in Australia.