CANBERRA, ACT, Oct. 29 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release:
A Brisbane man has been sentenced to six years' imprisonment for preparing to travel into Syria to engage in hostile activities.
The man, 35, was sentenced yesterday (28 October, 2025) by the Queensland Supreme Court. He will serve a minimum non-parole period of four years and six months.
An investigation by the Queensland Joint Counter Terrorism Team (JCTT), involving the AFP, Queensland Police Services and ASIO, found that between July, 2016, and February, 2017, the man undertook a range of activities as part of planning to enter Syria and help fight to overthrow the government led by Bashar al-Assad.
This included lodging an application for an Aus...