This is a Lib/Lab effort. They are both equally guilty.
We are being deceived every step of the way. All of this was supposed to be concealed from the public. To reimport these savages with their brood is revolting.
Australian authorities are preparing for the return of more women and children from former Islamic State caliphates in the Middle East, but the prime minister says they are not coming back with his government’s support.
Two women and four children who are Australian citizens have returned to Australia after managing to smuggle themselves out of Syria to Lebanon, where they were issued Australian passports after passing security checks.
The women – who had travelled or were taken to Syria to become partners of IS members – and their children had been living in refugee camps in Syria after the collapse of the terrorist group.
It has stirred up a political storm for Anthony Albanese’s government as the opposition criticises the return of so-called “ISIS brides”, saying it had been kept secret from the public amid community safety concerns.
Coalition leader Sussan Ley made the issue a key focus during question time on Thursday, asking why the prime minister said the government was not providing assistance to the group despite confirmation it had helped with passports, medical interviews and DNA tests.
“Everything that was just described as ‘assistance’ by the leader of the opposition would have been an offence for the government to not do,” Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke said, after being directed by Mr Albanese to answer a question asked of him.
“These individuals received what they were entitled to by law. No more and no less.”
Another question later directed at Mr Albanese about how many more women would return and where they would live was later brushed off.
“The assumptions in the question are wrong because the assumptions suggest that they’re coming back to Australia with our support, which they are not,” the prime minister said.
Australian Federal Police Assistant Commissioner Stephen Nutt said authorities were preparing for the arrival of more people under similar circumstances, but would not confirm how many due to possible fluctuations. Continue reading Many ISIS Brides & their brood have already been settled back in Australia, more coming…
