Australia's intelligence agencies had cut counterterrorism funding to its lowest share this century before the Bondi massacre, despite warnings that a terrorist attack was probable and that antisemitic violence posed an escalating threat to life.The ABC understands classified figures, provided to the royal commission investigating the mass shooting, show counterterrorism had fallen to its lowest resourcing share across ASIO and National Intelligence Community (NIC) agencies since the September 11, 2001 attacks.The decline occurred amid a $3.4 billion funding increase for NIC agencies since 2020, including a 37 per cent rise for ASIO.Instead, the surging threat of espionage and foreign interference...
Monitoring Antisemitism Intel
