Deputy Opposition Leader Sussan Ley has grilled Government Services Minister Bill Shorten on Labor's decision to repatriate ISIS brides after a woman who returned last year was charged for allegedly entering areas in Syria run by the terror organisation.
Mariam Raad, 31, was charged on Thursday with entering an area controlled by a terrorist organisation following a joint investigation by the Australian Federal Police and NSW Joint Counter Terrorism Team.
Mariam Raad, 31, who was one of 17 brides and children to return to Australia last year, was charged on Thursday with entering an area controlled by a terror organisation following a investigation by the Australian Federal Police and NSW Joint Counter Terrorism Team. Picture: Four Corners "There’s been an investigation, a charge been laid, I do think we’re doing the right thing," he said in response.
Deputy Opposition Leader Sussan Ley believes Mr Shorten would not have made that decision after flagging he previously mentioned he would not repatriate adults. Picture: Sunrise "Would you have changed your mind from opposition leader and actually repatriated individuals who deliberately chose to join a mission that had at its heart the destruction of Australia or our Australian way of life?""The issue here is are we keeping Australians safe, yes we are, has information about one of these women who went across there and she has been charged, yes that’s the system working as we are, it wouldn’t be possible to charge her if she wasn’t here," he...
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