Terror accused released despite bail breach charges

A man accused of terrorism-related offences will again be granted bail despite facing allegations that he breached the conditions of his release.

Ahmed Luqman Talib was arrested by the Australian Federal Police in Victoria in March 2021, then aged 31, and extradited to Queensland.

Talib was accused of helping an aspiring foreign fighter arrange to travel to Syria to join a terrorist group in conflict with that nation's government between September 1, 2013 and October 1, 2020.

Talib, who was born in the United Kingdom and is an Australian citizen, lived in southeast Queensland around the time of the alleged offending.

Barrister Tim Ryan applied for Talib's bail in the Brisbane Supreme Court on Wednesday and said his client had four grounds by which to argue his further detention was not justified.

"The first of these is the alleged breaches of bail conditions are minor," Mr Ryan said.

Talib did not attend court or appear by videolink.

Mr Ryan said Talib had been accused of not charging his ankle monitoring bracelet on two occasions for a total of two hours.

"There is no suggestion the device he was required to wear was not operative or was not always charged," Mr Ryan said.

Mr Ryan said Talib had taken the monitoring device back to police because he thought it was defective.

Talib had also been accused of downloading the LinkedIn social media application to his phone in March 2023.

Mr Ryan said there was no allegation Talib had used LinkedIn to contact anybody and he was not prohibited from using the internet.

"The charges are disputed ...The time he has spent in custody since November 30 exceeds the length of any sentence imposed if he was found guilty of all the alleged breaches," Mr Ryan said.

A Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions representative presented an affidavit in response to the bail application but did not speak further.

Justice Declan Kelly said he would issue an order to grant Talib bail along with his reasons for doing so.

"I'm satisfied based on the material ... that (Talib) has shown cause," Justice Kelly said.

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