Lawyers for a Melbourne man sentenced to five years' jail under Australia's new anti-terrorism laws say they will lodge an appeal on Monday.
Former taxi driver kack Thomas will serve a minimum of two years for receiving airline tickets, cash and a false passport from Al-Qaeda.
A Victorian Supreme Court Jury found him guilty last month, but acquitted him of the more serious charges of providing resources to Al-Qaeda and of assisting in planning terrorist attacks in Australia and overseas.
His lawyer, Rob Stary, says he will argue that information used in the trial was gained under duress, while THOMAS was detained in Pakistan.
"Torture is in two forms, there's physical torture and there's psychological and mental torture and that again will be a matter that will be litigated in a court of appeal," Mr Stary said. "We're saying that the evidence should never have been received.