The Albanese Government must prove to Australians that they are finally serious about protecting our country from the risks associated with returning ISIS Brides.
Given the Government had engaged in secret meetings where notes from the meetings indicate a willingness on the part of the government to pave the way for these Islamic State supporters and their children to return to Australia, the government must commit 100 per cent to doing everything to prevent these people from re-entering Australia while they present a risk.
One avenue available to the Government to stop these people from returning to Australia is a Temporary Exclusion Order (TEO) – which is expressly provided so a government can protect its people.
The ISIS Brides cohort are a group who have followed or have been forced to relocate to Syria alongside their ISIS fighter husbands. These are people who have been part of a group that want to attack our way of life and are a very serious risk to our society.
The Albanese Government have failed to be up front on their involvement with the repatriation of this group.
The Opposition has consistently advocated the urgent ending of Labor’s policy of self-managed returns for ISIS brides.
Issuing TEOs while every possible measure is activated to protect law-abiding Australians from any risk of harm that this group of people may pose to the community is the very least that this Government must do. Anything less will be a failure.