Understanding the tension between Australia and NZ over a terror suspect
In 2015, a new law meant any Australian with dual citizenship who engaged in terrorism-related conduct while overseas would automatically lose their Australia citizenship.
The law was aimed at Australians who travelled to Syria to fight for ISIS - if they had another country to go home to, the Federal Government argued, then they shouldn't come to Australia.
The law generated a lot of debate. What if the Australians stripped of citizenship weren't actually terrorists? What if they became stateless as a result? Now, though, there's a new question: what if we just end up handing over a suspected terrorist to one of our closest allies?
On Tuesday, Jacinda Ardern accused Australia of doing exactly that, saying Scott Morrison was "exporting his problems" to New Zealand by revoking the citizenship of Australia-New Zealand dual citizen Suhayra Aden. 25-year-old Aden, who hasn't lived in New Zealand since she was six, travelled to Syria in 2014 to live under Islamic State.
"This individual was clearly most appropriately dealt with by Australia. That is where their family resides, that is where their links reside, and that is the place from which they departed to Syria... If the shoe were on the other foot, we would take responsibility. that would be the right thing to do." New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Tuesday
Who is Suhayra Aden?
We don't know too much about Aden, except for this:
She travelled to Syria on an Australian passport in 2014, where she married two men and had three children
Both men, and one of her children, have since died, leaving her looking after two young children
Aden and her children were detained by Turkish authorities trying to cross into Turkey from Syria
What will happen to Aden now?
Jacinda Ardern said her primary consideration now was the welfare of the two children, aged 2 and 5. The New Zealand Prime Minister did not say whether that would include bringing Aden and her children to New Zealand. In the meantime, Ardern said, New Zealand would continue to pressure Australia into taking responsibility for Aden.
"It's my job as the Australian Prime Minister to put Australia's national security interests first. I think all Australians would agree with that... Australia's interest here is that we do not want to see terrorists who fought with terrorism organisations enjoying privileges of citizenship, which I think they forfeit the second they engage as an enemy of our country."
Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Wednesday