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ISIS families: are we more afraid and less compassionate than we were in 2019?

ISIS families: are we more afraid and less compassionate than we were in 2019?

by Michael Shoebridge | Feb 23, 2026 | Policy

How is it that Australians – and our political leaders across the spectrum – seem so afraid of 34 women and children who have been living in a camp in Syria for 6 years?  And why do we lazily talk about them as “ISIS brides” when the majority are...
Questions for the federal government about ISIS brides’ return

Questions for the federal government about ISIS brides’ return

by Peter Jennings | Sep 8, 2025 | Policy

Anthony Albanese is hiding his government’s involvement to return the third group of so-called “jihadi brides” to Australia, apparently before Christmas. These are women who are currently in refugee camps in northern Syria, who travelled to that region to support the...
Not alert and not alarmed: our complacency puts us at risk, politically and socially

Not alert and not alarmed: our complacency puts us at risk, politically and socially

by Peter Jennings | Jan 3, 2025 | Policy

[Note to SAA readers: This article appeared in The Australian on 03 January 2025. Overnight the FBI investigation of the attack concluded that Shamsud-Din Jabbar probably planted two IEDs in the vicinity of Bourbon Street himself, before engaging in his vehicle...

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