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By Danielle Mahe

Sydney mayors say repatriated families of IS fighters 'turned their backs' on Australia

Several mayors have stepped up their fight against relatives of fighters for the so-called Islamic State (IS) being resettled in Sydney, saying the families had "turned their backs" on Australia.

In a letter to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, three mayors from south-western Sydney said their communities weren't consulted over the decision to relocate the wives and children of IS fighters to their area.

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