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A man in Far North Queensland has been charged with child sex offences after allegedly being caught during an undercover police operation.

Police allege the 46-year-old Mareeba man contacted an undercover officer posing as a 15-year-old child on social media and "engaged in behaviour that constitutes grooming a child for sex".

Detectives executed a search warrant at the man's Roiko Road property on Thursday, April 22, where they collected computers, mobile phones and a camera as evidence.

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Bodycam footage from the day showed officers telling the man they had a warrant, then escorting him into the heavily cluttered property and questioning him about content on mobile phones and other devices.

The man was arrested and charged with four counts of indecent treatment of a child, grooming a child under 16 and using internet to procure children under 16, possessing child exploitation material, producing and possessing dangerous drugs and possessing dangerous drug utensils, Queensland Police confirmed.

Police are warning parents to be vigilant when it comes to children's screen time and make sure they are aware of who they are talking to on social media.

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"Smart devices and social media have become part of our children's lives and they have strongly influenced how our children create, share and exchange information with others," Queensland Police said in a statement.

"Unfortunately, these same devices and applications have been embraced by sex offenders, who have proven to be exceptionally skilled at using them to gain access to children."

The Mareeba man is due to face court on May 10.

In the early hours of May 2, 2011, Al Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden was killed by US Special Forces during a raid at a compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan.

Bin Laden, the Saudi-born architect of the 9/11 terrorist attacks in 2001 had been hunted by the US and its allies for a decade. The then US President George W. Bush had declared in 2001 that he was "Wanted: Dead or Alive".

Ten years later US intelligence received a tip-off that Bid Laden was at a walled compound in the Pakistan city of Abbottabad, close to a major military training academy.

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After consulting key military and political advisers, US President Barack Obama authorised a strike, but without informing the Pakistan government.

Flying from bases in Afghanistan, a US Navy SEAL team was tasked with capturing or killing Bin Laden.

Disaster for the Americans almost struck in the early part of the operation when a Blackhawk helicopter hit technical trouble and was forced into an emergency landing.

When the SEAL team safety disembarked, they soon found themselves in a fierce gun battle with the occupants of the compound.

In the ensuing firefight, Bin Laden and three other men died. A woman was also killed.

After the fighting, the SEAL team quickly gathered papers and other materials in the two buildings and clambered back on helicopters, taking Bin Laden's corpse with them.

Before leaving, the troops blew up the damaged Blackhawk.

Bin Laden's body was flown to a US warship in the northern part of the Arabian Sea and buried at sea. The hour-long ceremony aboard the USS Carl Vinson was conducted according to Islamic law.

The raid was quick, risky and deadly — but ultimately a massive success, the product of months of intelligence gathering and careful.

After President Obama announced the raid's success in finding and killing Bin Laden, massive celebrations broke out across the US.

The hunt for Bid Laden

August 2010 – US intelligence sources identify the Abbottabad compound as the home of an Al Qaeda courier and his brother, who have no obvious means of affording a $1 million home.

September 2010 – The CIA informs then US President Barack Obama that Bin Laden may be living in the Abbottabad compound. They base this on the size and price tag of the compound as well as the elaborate security.

February 2011 – The intelligence on the Abbottabad compound is considered strong enough to begin planning action.

April 29, 2011 – Mr Obama gives the order to raid Bin Laden's compound.

May 2, 2011 – In the early morning hours a group of 25 US Navy Seals raid the compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan.

May 4, 2011 – White House Press Secretary Carney announces that President Obama has decided not to release photos of Bin Laden's body.

May 6, 2011 – Al Qaeda confirms bin Laden's death, in a statement on jihadist forums.

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Sumeet Kaur is facing a devastating choice.

The 35-year-old high school teacher from WA is in India with her sick 84-year-old father after being given special permission to leave Australia late last year to take care of him.

And while Australia has halted all flights from the nation amid a surge in coronavirus cases, once they resume, possibly in a few weeks according to the Prime Minister, she just doesn't know what to do.

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The Aussie citizen desperately needs to return to her job at a high school in Kalgoorlie, and be with her husband, Sijander Singh, 38, after six months away.

But due to Australia's tough rules, that would mean leaving her father behind, alone.

Because while, once the India travel ban is lifted and flights restart, Aussies can bring spouses, partners and dependant children into the country, parents are not classed as immediate family.

Even if they are vaccinated and take part in $3000, 14-day hotel quarantine, it's extremely tough to get a special exemption to allow them to travel here.

Mrs Singh said she doesn't know if her father will survive if she returns to her life in Australia without him.

"I know I'm not going to see him again if I leave him here," she said.

"I feel so torn… let my father die in India or let my husband and myself suffer.

"I cannot leave him to die alone."

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Mrs Singh rushed to help her father, widower Gurcharn, in November when he ended up in intensive care and had nobody to look after him.

He had a stroke, problems with his liver and also suffered from anxiety and depression.

She was allowed to leave for compassionate reasons, with Australia's travel ban still ongoing but that being one of the reasons people can apply to leave.

He is now out of hospital and doing well, with her to care for him.

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He was due to come to Australia for an extended visit in March 2020, just before the borders closed.

And despite applying to the government for him to be allowed to come back with her four times – he already has a visa – the request has been denied.

And that was before Australia imposed fresh restrictions on India, listing it as a 'high risk' nation, stopping flights, and making it harder for Indian-born Aussies to go home for compassionate reasons because of the "pressure" on hotel quarantine when they return.

Aussies who defy the ban, such as by flying via another country could now even face jail.

Mrs Kaur one of Australia's millions of migrants rallying for change.

A third of Aussies were born abroad – a total of 7.5m – and they don't know when they will be allowed to see their families such as parents again.

Australian authorities have always said international borders would open when everybody was vaccinated, but that now looks uncertain according to recent comments from the Health Minister Greg Hunt – and only 2m of the 25m population has yet had the jab anyway.

Mrs Singh called Australia's rules 'inhuman' and said officials should consider allowing parents to be added to the list of people who can come in.

"I do not understand how you can even think about parents not being a part of your family," she said.

"I'm sorry to say when it comes to migrants I don't feel we are in it together."

Expats are also frustrated to see foreign celebrities continuing to be allowed into the country – and even their parents too.

American actress Natalie Portman's parents have also been allowed to come to Sydney, according to reports, to join her while she's here making a film.

That's despite about 34,000 Aussies being trapped abroad, with people facing a tough battle to get one of the few seats on a plane in due to the strict flight caps which allow only a few thousand a week to land in the nation.

Meanwhile, Mrs Kaur, who said the coronavirus crisis in Punjab where she is is not as bad as in the biggest cities, said her and her family's mental health is suffering.

"This is killing more than the virus," she said.

Home Affairs told 9News.com.au there are no current plans to change the system for parents.

"The Government acknowledges the difficulties with respect to extended families seeking to reunite, however, there are currently no plans to include parents in the definition of immediate family for the purpose of travel exemptions," a spokesperson said.

In relation to Portman, Australian Border Force said it didn't comment on individual cases, but said; "Travel exemptions may also be granted to persons delivering services in sectors critical to Australia's economic recovery."

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