The cabinet's National Security Committee is due to receive an urgent briefing from ASIO and the AFP on the risk posed by right-wing extremists following the terror attacks on two New Zealand mosques.
ASIO director general Duncan Lewis and Australian Federal Police Commissioner Andrew Colvin will brief Prime Minister Scott Morrison, who chairs the committee, and its members on Monday.
Australian white supremacist Brenton Tarrant allegedly stormed the Christchurch mosques during Friday prayers and shot dead 50 Muslims and wounded dozens.
Nick Kaldas, a former NSW Police deputy commissioner and now a senior fellow at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute, says the growth of right-wing extremists has not been adequately monitored.
"It has been clear for some years that there is a lot of activity in the right-wing group space,'' Mr Kaldas told The Australian.
"It's incumbent on authorities now that the threat has become so visible that they change tack and dedicate more resources to monitoring that type of group.''
Australian Associated Press
