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Legal doubts emerge over travel home ban for ISIS bride

Legal doubts emerge over travel home ban for ISIS bride

Policies designed to deal with families linked to Islamic terrorists could breach the constitution, as politicians clash over how to deal with the issue.

Prison flagged for those who help 'ISIS bride' cohort

Prison flagged for those who help 'ISIS bride' cohort

Prison flagged for those who help 'ISIS bride' cohort

Prison flagged for those who help 'ISIS bride' cohort

Aid groups have hit out at plans by the coalition to jail people found to have helped a cohort of women and children linked to the Islamic State to return home.

Passport law overhaul urged to stop 'ISIS bride' cohort

Passport law overhaul urged to stop 'ISIS bride' cohort

Passport law overhaul urged to stop 'ISIS bride' cohort

Passport law overhaul urged to stop 'ISIS bride' cohort

The opposition has called for passports to be refused for Australian women and children in a group with links to former Islamic State fighters.

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'Tragic': concerns over children with IS-linked group

'Tragic': concerns over children with IS-linked group

Concerns are being raised whether children who are part of an IS-linked group of Australian women have been radicalised while overseas.

New Year's Eve traffic stop leads to terror offences

New Year's Eve traffic stop leads to terror offences

A man's mobile phones seized by traffic police on New Year's Eve has led to his arrest again for extremist violent material allegedly stored on them.

Bipartisan offer to block ISIS-linked families' return

Bipartisan offer to block ISIS-linked families' return

As the Australian government ponders what to do with 34 ISIS-linked women and children trying to return, the opposition has offered a bipartisan solution.

'ISIS bride' member barred from return to Australia

'ISIS bride' member barred from return to Australia

One of the 34 partners and children of ISIS fighters in Syria has been barred from returning to Australia for up to two years.

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Returning ISIS brides to face 'full force' of law: PM

Returning ISIS brides to face 'full force' of law: PM

Returning ISIS brides to face 'full force' of law: PM

Returning ISIS brides to face 'full force' of law: PM

Australian women and children have tried to leave a Syrian refugee camp but were turned around, as Anthony Albanese promises no repatriation would be offered.

Australians released from Syrian camp turned back

Australians released from Syrian camp turned back

Australians released from Syrian camp turned back

Australians released from Syrian camp turned back

Dozens of Australians released from a camp holding families of suspected Islamic State militants in Syria have run into some snags with their departure.

Bondi shooter speaks as 'onerous conditions' outlined

Bondi shooter speaks as 'onerous conditions' outlined

Bondi shooter speaks as 'onerous conditions' outlined

Bondi shooter speaks as 'onerous conditions' outlined

The surviving gunman from the Bondi Beach terror attack has faced court for the first time on 15 murder charges, uttering his first public words.

Charges dropped after vest caused Bondi bomb scare

Charges dropped after vest caused Bondi bomb scare

Charges dropped after vest caused Bondi bomb scare

Charges dropped after vest caused Bondi bomb scare

A man whose duct-taped camouflage vest prompted a triple-zero call during a terror vigil has escaped conviction after charges against him were dropped.

Man's three-word slur while mimicking mass shooting

Man's three-word slur while mimicking mass shooting

Man's three-word slur while mimicking mass shooting

Man's three-word slur while mimicking mass shooting

A man has admitted making a hate-filled racist remark as he mimicked the actions of gunmen who massacred 15 people celebrating a beachside religious festival.

Bondi shooters went 'dark to stay off the radar': ASIO

Bondi shooters went 'dark to stay off the radar': ASIO

Bondi shooters went 'dark to stay off the radar': ASIO

Bondi shooters went 'dark to stay off the radar': ASIO

ASIO admitted it cannot stop every terrorist or catch every spy but has stood by an early assessment of one of the Bondi shooters that cleared him as a threat.

Cost of the Bondi terror royal commission revealed

Cost of the Bondi terror royal commission revealed

Cost of the Bondi terror royal commission revealed

Cost of the Bondi terror royal commission revealed

Officials have laid out how much a one-year inquiry into the circumstances behind the Bondi massacre will cost the government.

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Sovereign citizens pose 'radical' security threat

Governments must work together to tackle the dangerous rise of sovereign citizens, with spontaneous acts of violence that kill cops on the rise, a report warns.

Jailed NZ mosque shooter wants convictions overturned

Australian man Brenton Tarrant is appealing his convictions for murdering 51 worshippers in the Christchurch mosques terror attacks and his life sentence.

Anti-racism work collects dust as MPs 'drive division'

A major plan to end racism has gone by the wayside as communities point the finger at politicians for exacerbating discrimination.

Racism watchdog warns of coded message in cohesion call

'Social cohesion' has become a common catchcry after the Bondi terror attack, but the race discrimination commissioner warns the phrase can worsen divisions.

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Protest ban extended to stop anti-Israeli visit 'riot'

Protest restrictions introduced after the Bondi terror attack have been extended ahead of the Israeli president's visit as activists plan nationwide rallies.

Pakistan forces kill 145 militants after attacks

Pakistan forces are hunting for the separatists behind a string of deadly co-ordinated attacks in restive Balochistan province.

'Worried for our kids': alleged rally bomb sparks fear

Authorities are treating an Invasion Day attack as a potential terrorist act but an expert says it should also be considered a racial hate crime.

Anger as Liberals call for Muslim checks to stem terror

Former Liberal prime minister Scott Morrison has faced backlash after suggesting accreditation should be required for Muslim preachers after the Bondi attack.

'Throw the book at him': PM blasts explosives suspect

Fresh details have emerged about an explosive device thrown into a crowd of protesters as the prime minister calls for the accused to face serious consequences.

Katter's gun crime, Bondi attack claims don't stack up

The pro-gun MP aired several falsehoods about weapons, crime statistics and the circumstances of the Bondi attack as he opposed the government’s gun reforms.

Revellers urged to give the bird after terror threat

One major tourist capital has bolstered security after a planned terror attack was foiled by police days before Australia Day celebrations.

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