An Australian with suspected links to Islamist militants in Syria and Iraq has arrived in Melbourne after being deported from the Philippines.
Australian Federal Police met Robert Edward "Musa" Cerantonio, 29, at Melbourne Airport on Wednesday and spoke to him in relation to a number of issues.
They said he had not breached any Australian law, but federal police would continue to monitor the Melbourne man, whose social media postings are considered "disturbing".
"Mr Cerantonio's known social media postings are considered offensive and disturbing, however have been assessed as not breaching Australian law to this point," the AFP said in a statement.
Mr Cerantonio was arrested in the Philippines on July 11 in the central province of Cebu and charged with being an undocumented foreigner after Australian authorities cancelled his passport on July 7.
Philippines Bureau of Immigration chief Siegried Mison on Tuesday said Cerantonio was accompanied by four escorts on a Philippine Airlines flight to Melbourne.
Mison said earlier that Cerantonio's activities "pose a risk to public interest".
Philippine police described Cerantonio as a "jihadist preacher" who has been using social media websites to call for jihad and encourage Filipino Muslims to support the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq.
Cerantonio is believed to have travelled to the southern Philippine provinces of Basilan and Sulu, a known hot bed of Filipino Muslim extremists and local terrorist groups with links to al-Qaeda.
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