Booth v Brookman

In the Federal Court of Australia, Sandra Booth applied for an interim control order against Adam Brookman, a former prisoner who had been convicted of providing support for, or otherwise facilitating, engagement in a hostile activity in a foreign country. The court was required to decide whether the criteria for imposing an interim control order were satisfied. The court found that the criteria were satisfied and made an interim control order. The court found that it was satisfied on the balance of probabilities that the respondent had been convicted of an offence relating to terrorism and had provided support for, or otherwise facilitated, the engagement in a hostile activity in a foreign country. The court also found that the interim control order was reasonably necessary and reasonably appropriate and adapted for the purpose of protecting the public from a terrorist act, preventing the provision of support for, or the facilitation of, a terrorist act, and preventing the provision of support for, or the facilitation of, the engagement in a hostile activity in a foreign country. The interim control order imposed a number of obligations, prohibitions and restrictions on the respondent, including requiring him to wear a tracking device at all times, prohibiting him from leaving Australia, and prohibiting him from possessing or using firearms or ammunition. The court also made an order preventing the disclosure of the respondent's address. The matter was listed for hearing on 9 September 2021 and for case management on 16 August 2021. The court found that the interim control order was appropriate notwithstanding the matters set out in the statement of facts relating to why the order should not be made.