What is the National Counter Terrorism Alert Level?
The National Counter Terrorism Alert Level is a benchmark that guides national preparation and planning and dictates levels of precaution and vigilance to minimise the risk of a terrorist incident occurring. It is also the basis of public discussion of the risk of the terrorist threat to Australia. Since the September 11 attacks in the United States, the level of Counter Terrorism Alert in Australia has been set at MEDIUM. This means that a terrorist attack in Australia could occur. There has been at least one aborted, disrupted or actual terrorist attack against Australian interests every year since 2000.
