‘That was a long way of saying yes’: Tony Burke admits ISIS brides have Australian passports

Sydney Morning Herald
by Michael Bachelard, Brittany Busch, Mohammed Hassan, Alexander Darling
February 18, 2026
‘That was a long way of saying yes’: Tony Burke admits ISIS brides have Australian passports
The home affairs minister earlier confirmed he had used a temporary exclusion order to bar one of the 34 Australian citizens from returning home.
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Originally published on Sydney Morning Herald on 2/18/2026