Australia politics live: PM warns against drift to ‘edges of the mainstream’ in allusion to Karl Stefanovic podcasts

<p>Follow today’s news live</p><ul><li><p>Get our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl">breaking news email</a>, <a href="https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3">free app</a> or <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl">daily news podcast</a></p></li></ul><p><strong>Mike Burgess</strong> says he’s really concerned about the level some nation-states, like Iran, could go to cause harm against Australians.</p><p>Speaking to ABC RN Breakfast, the spy boss says the security level is worsening and we could see an Australian killed at the hands of a foreign government.</p><p>Targeted killing … that could be a prominent Australian that is killed or everyday Australians just about going about their business. So I am really concerned about the actions of some nation-states, Iran in particular, and the level they will go to. That’s why we describe our security environment as degraded because some nation-states will plumb the depths and go to extreme levels that we would find unacceptable and horrible.</p><p>At this point in time with a dynamic, diverse integrated security environment, we are really concerned about this.</p><p>To talk about multicultural Australia is to just talk about modern Australia, to talk about who we are and who we’ve always been. And I find it really odd. I saw Angus Taylor unable to answer the question. Like it’s a really simple question.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2026/jun/25/australia-politics-live-aemo-power-grid-teal-independent-labor-coalition-question-time-anthony-albanese-angus-taylor-pauline-hanson-one-nation-ntwnfb">Continue reading...</a>