A Labor leader goes to fight in Syria

WA Today reports:

The head of the Northern Territory branch of the Labor party has reportedly flown overseas to fight in Syria against terror group Islamic State.

Matthew Gardiner, who also served as a secretary in the Voice union and a treasurer in peak body NT, left the country several weeks ago to fight with Kurdish militants, the ABC reports.

It's believed Mr Gardiner, 43, who served with Army in Somalia in the 1990s, was able to leave because he was not on any watch list.

It is illegal to fight in Syria on any side of the conflict against Islamic State. …

Although Mr Gardiner resigned from his position at United Voice, he remains the NT branch president of the Labor Party. He has not been seen for weeks and his mobile phone is switched off.

Amazing that such a senior political figure would just decide to go to Syria to join the conflict.

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