Share on Twitter ASIO Director General Mike Burgess has warned a terrorist attack in Australia remains likely in the next 12 months, in a blunt assessment of the security threat facing the country. Mr Burgess delivered the warning before a parliamentary inquiry into extremism in Australia, which is examining the country's preparedness against both religiously-motivated and ideologically-motivated extremism. He told the hearing that religiously-motivated extremists, as well as the "evolving" threat posed by extremists driven by nationalist and racist views, meant the terrorist threat level in Australia remained "probable". "We anticipate there will be a terrorist attack in this country in the next 12 months and it could come from either ideology," he told the hearing.