Australian spy boss says he shifted resources from counterterrorism before Hanukkah attack

Australia spy agency ‘stretched’ before Bondi attack: intelligence boss

ASIO chief Mike Burgess told Australia's Royal Commission the intelligence agency was "stretched" across multiple threat fronts — religious extremism, online radicalization — before the December Bondi shooting that killed 15 people. For security and risk leaders, the inquiry signals growing pressure on national security budgets and counter-terror resource allocation, with potential downstream impact on public-sector cybersecurity and threat intelligence priorities.