The Federal Court will consider imposing fresh restrictions on an Adelaide woman soon to released from jail after being convicted of being a member of a terrorist group.
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The action against Zainab Abdirahman-Khalif comes after she was returned to prison late last year when the High Court overturned her appeal court acquittal on taking steps to be a member of terror group Islamic State.
She is due for release early next month, prompting the Federal Court on Thursday to schedule a hearing on May 4 to consider imposing control orders on her movements and activities.
But the court also heard that negotiations could be held to arrive at an agreed position between the parties in relation to those measures.
In 2018, the former student was found guilty in the SA Supreme Court of being a member of IS and was jailed for three years.
Prosecutors had alleged she had communicated with other members of the group and organised a trip to join IS before she was arrested.
She was first stopped by police at Adelaide Airport while trying to board a plane to Istanbul, Turkey, in July 2016.
Abdirahman-Khalif told officers she was taking a last-minute holiday, despite having a small amount of clothing, no return flight and less than $200 in funds.
The Somalian refugee was later released but arrested at the Port Adelaide TAFE SA campus in May 2017, following a police investigation.
In sentencing, Justice David Peek said Abdirahman-Khalif had repeatedly expressed support for IS and jihad by playing chants about martyrdom, infidels, extreme violence, killing and death.
But in a decision last year, the Court of Criminal Appeal quashed her conviction and set her free, ruling it was not supported on the evidence.
It was that decision that was subsequently overturned by the High Court in October.
After her initial release from jail, Abdirahman-Khalif was also hit with a wide-ranging control order limiting her movements and her access to the internet.
In response to an application from the Australian Federal Police, the Federal Court imposed 19 individual measures to assist in preventing a terrorist act or providing support for a terrorist act.
Those measures barred her from accessing a range of websites and web applications such as the WhatsApp messaging service and social media sites such as Instagram, Snapchat and Twitter.
Australian Associated Press
