The nation’s spy boss has issued a chilling warning about a growing risk of foreign governments trying to murder dissidents in Australia as he warns that social media algorithms and artificial intelligence are fuelling a disturbing rise in radicalisation.

In a sobering speech to the Lowy Institute think tank in Sydney, Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) director-general Mike Burgess said the nation was facing an unprecedented number of simultaneous threats to social cohesion, including Russian trolls, neo-Nazis, Islamists and extreme anti-Israel activists.

Hours before Burgess’ speech, NSW Police arrested 13 anti-Israel protesters rallying outside a maritime conference and weapons expo in Sydney’s Darling Harbour, where two Israeli defence companies were exhibiting th

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