Australian police arrest 65-year-old Melbourne man for spreading Islamic State propaganda online

In Melbourne, Australia, federal police arrested a 65-year-old man on Wednesday, September 23, 2026, for allegedly pledging allegiance to the Islamic State group and distributing 10,000 extremist files online between 2015 and 2020. He is charged with being a member of a terrorist organization and transmitting violent extremist material, facing up to 10 years in prison. The investigation began when border officials examined his luggage in 2020. This is the seventh arrest in Victoria since May over IS content, though police have not connected the cases. The man is due in court later today.