WHAT WAS CLAIMED
A clip shows that the prime minister didn't acknowledge the threat of radical Islam.
OUR VERDICT
False. The clip has been edited.
AAP FACTCHECK - A clip of the prime minister has been edited so that it appears as if he did not acknowledge the threat of Islamic extremism.
Anthony Albanese's government has been facing scrutiny since the December 14 terror attack, in which two gunmen inspired by an "Islamic State ideology" killed 15 people at a Jewish celebration at Bondi Beach.
The government has launched a royal commission to investigate after initially resisting calls for one.
The claim is in a Facebook post featuring what appears to be a Nine News clip of the prime minister responding to questions in the days following the shooting.
A journalist asks the prime minister: "Is radical Islam in your view the greatest domestic security threat Australia faces?"
The video then shows Mr Albanese responding: "I'm concerned about neo-Nazis thinking it's OK to march down our streets dressed in black, not worrying about their faces being covered, explicitly promoting that as well".
The post's caption also includes a transcript of the clip, which suggests that the prime minister responded to the journalist's question about "radical Islam" by only speaking about "Neo-Nazis".
"Don't Antifa march down our streets dressed in black & assault innocent Aussies, Police & call for violence & death to our nation," the caption reads.
"Keep in mind Dictator Albo calls everyone that disagrees with Far left ideology a Nazi & extremist."
However, the clip has been edited to remove the initial part of Mr Albanese's response, in which he directly acknowledged the threat of "extremist perversions of Islam" and the "ideology promoted by ISIS".
A Google reverse image search reveals the clip is taken from Nine News footage of a press conference on December 19, 2025.
An official transcript shows Mr Albanese's full response to the journalist's question.
"The assessments are that, that [radical Islam] is one of the issues that we're dealing with," the prime minister says in the original, unedited clip.
"But I want to deal with all of the threats, whether it be extremist perversions of Islam leading to support for the ideology promoted by ISIS, whether it be also concerned about the issue of sovereign citizens killing police in Victoria and Queensland.
"I'm concerned about neo-Nazis thinking it's okay to march down our streets dressed in black, not worrying about their faces being covered, explicitly promoting that as well."
A visible jump cut three seconds into the Facebook clip further indicates where the video has been edited.
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