Final ISIS ‘Bride’ Set to Return to Australia, Minister Says He Has No Power to Stop It

A woman who is believed to have committed serious offences overseas will be free to return to Australia, Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke says.

Minister for Home Affairs, Cyber, and Immigration Tony Burke addresses the chamber at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia on Jan. 20, 2026. Hilary Wardhaugh/Getty Images

The federal Labor government says it no longer has the power to keep a previously excluded ISIS “bride” from returning to Australia.

The woman and her child are the last of the ISIS-linked Australian party to be returning from a Syrian displacement camp.