Man, the government is really out here trying to play us for fools. On June 24, 2026, Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke got on the airwaves to let everyone know that the last Australian woman left in those northern Syrian ISIS camps is getting her ticket back to the country. And get this: the feds are basically saying they had no choice. They claim the lawyers looked at the paperwork and said they can't lawfully block her return permit no more.

Let's keep it 100: if you or I did a fraction of what some of these people did, the state would have us locked under the jail with no key. But for this lady, who left the country to live under a literal terror group, the government is doing legal gymnastics to bring her back. They’re telling us that the Temporary Exclusion Order—the thing meant to keep threats out—has a loophole where if they ask for a permit, the government legally has to say yes.

To make people feel better, Minister Burke is talking big about 'unprecedented' surveillance. He says she’s gonna be watched 24/7, at home and in the streets. But check the fine print: one of the main rules of her return is she has to give the police a 24-hour heads-up before she uses a cell phone or a payphone. Are you serious right now? You think someone linked to a terror group is going to drop a courtesy text to the feds before they do dirt? That’s wild.

This woman has been out in the Middle East for over ten years. She went out there with her husband who was riding with ISIS. After the caliphate got blown to pieces, she and her kids spent years in dirty, squalid refugee camps in Syria. Now, after a decade of living that life, she gets to come back to Australia, and the taxpayers have to foot the bill to have police follow her around all day.

Don't let them tell you these returning folks are all innocent bystanders, either. The ones who already made it back are facing some heavy-duty charges. We're talking about real-deal crimes like enslavement, joining a terrorist organization, and crimes against humanity. These aren't minor slip-ups; this is major league dirt.

No doubt, the kids in this situation are innocent. A lot of them were born in those dusty Syrian camps and have never seen what a normal life looks like. It’s right to feel bad for the kids who didn't ask for any of this. But the adults who made the conscious decision to go out there? That’s a whole different story, and the streets are rightfully skeptical about letting them walk back into our communities.