9:50 am today

Australia correspondent Annika Smethurst

From Nine To Noon, 9:50 am today
ASIO spy chief Mike Burgess (left) and AFP Commissioner Reece Kershaw.

ASIO spy chief Mike Burgess (left) and AFP Commissioner Reece Kershaw. Photo: Supplied / Australian Federal Police

Australia has upped it's terror threat, with ASIO chief Mike Burgess renewing a all for politicians to watch their words.

The threat level has been raised from  from possible to probable.

Sixteen Aussie athletes have tested positive for Covid at the Paris Olympics.

And the Reserve Bank of Australia says interest rate cuts are still six months away. It has kept interest rates on hold at 4.35 per cent.

Annika Smethurst is political editor at The Age