Police have swooped on an Islamic bookshop south of Brisbane, making two arrests as security agencies prepare to lift the national terror warning to high from its medium level.
That decision, expected to become official as early as Thursday, reflects ASIO and other security agency assessments that a terrorist attack in Australia is now likely.
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Terrorism alert rankings serve no purpose beyond encouraging a burst of panic
We, the general public, don't know what secrets the security agencies have locked in their vaults, the threats they have identified or the plotters they might be monitoring.
But we know one thing. This system of grading the terrorist threat is a cheap gimmick, plain and simple.
The public is no better informed or protected by raising the arbitrary "National Terrorism Public Alert System" from a rating of medium to high.
The only consequence will be an initial burst of panic and unfair suspicion.
Then, when nothing happens, or is seen to have happened, complacency will set in.
Don't believe this change is about ensuring extra vigilance, because that's just bureaucratic bum quilting.
Terrorism, as ASIO chief David Irvine says himself, is a persistent threat and security agencies should always be on the alert. That's their job, after all.
And as far the public dobbing in suspicious activity, that should be encouraged but it doesn't require a pseudo-science ranking.
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OZschwitz propaganda pimping worthless new 'terror' alert
Subject: OZschwitz propaganda pimping worthless new 'terror' alert 
Wed Sep 10, 2014 7:17 pm
