Articles by Ellen Ransley

Law Enforcement

Neil Prakash arrested to face terrorism charges in Australia A man who served time in a Turkish prison for terrorism offences has been arrested by the Australian Federal Police.

December 2, 2022 and   

(NCA NewsWire) A man accused of serious terrorism offences has been arrested by the Australian Federal Police after being extradited from Turkey. Neil Prakash, 31, was arrested and flown to Australia on a chartered flight, arriving in Darwin on Friday, after being […]

Government & Politics

AFP faces grilling over ISIS brides in senate estimates The women who returned to Australia after marrying ISIS fighters are under ongoing investigation, federal police have revealed.

November 8, 2022   

(NCA NewsWire) The four “ISIS brides” repatriated to Australia alongside their children could be subjected to control orders, with the matter under investigation. The Australian Federal Police Commissioner Reece Kershaw told senate estimates there was also an active investigation into whether the […]

Government & Politics

Fears of ‘chain-reaction’ 9/11 attack on Australia Australia was advised that its support of the US-led military response to the 9/11 attacks raised ‘our profile with the terrorists themselves.’

January 1, 2022 and   

(NCA NewsWire) The Australian government feared terrorists would strike on our shores in the days after September 11 — and that the Defence Force was not equipped to fight back. Two decades since the attack on the United States that changed the […]