Australia politics live: Australian woman with Isis links issued permit to return from Syria, Tony Burke says

Home affairs minister says there will be high level of scrutiny and surveillance of woman previously issued temporary exclusion order. Follow today’s news live Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Burgess concerned Australian civilian could be killed at the hands of a foreign government Mike Burgess says he’s really concerned about the level some nation states, like Iran, could go to cause harm against Australians. Targeted killing … that could be a prominent Australian that is killed or everyday Australians just about going about their business. So I am really concerned about the actions of some nation states, Iran in particular, and the level they will go to.

That’s why we describe our security environment as degraded because some nation states will plumb the depths and go to extreme levels that we would find unacceptable and horrible. At this point in time with a dynamic, diverse integrated security environment, we are really concerned about this. To talk about multicultural Australia is to just talk about modern Australia, to talk about who we are and who we’ve always been. And I find it really odd. I saw Angus Taylor unable to answer the question. Like it’s a really simple question. Continue reading...