Michael Bachelard
Senior writer and Walkley Award-winning journalist with extensive reportage from conflict zones, providing first-hand reporting and analysis on Australians in Syria.
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Feb 19, 2026 • 27min
Return of 'ISIS brides' raises many questions about what it means to be Australian
Paul Sakkal, Canberra political correspondent, and Michael Bachelard, Walkley-winning conflict reporter, unpack Australians trying to return from Syrian camps. They map who these women and children are. They discuss passports, legal rights, temporary exclusion orders, political shifts after the Bondi attacks, hardline migration leaks and the risk of mainstreaming extremist rhetoric.
