Restrictions placed on NSW terror advocate

A convicted terror advocate who referred to the Christchurch mass murderer as a hero and a saint will have restrictions imposed to "control temptation" after his release from prison.

Tyler Slavko Jakovac will be required to use Australian Federal Police-approved devices such as a laptop, tablet or mobile phone and will have access restrictions placed on internet platforms and services.

Under orders by made by Federal Court Justice Robert Bromwich on Tuesday, the 20-year-old will also be prohibited from communicating or associating with certain individuals or groups without prior permission from the AFP.

He is also banned from making a public appearance or providing statements to groups associated with violent or terrorist ideologies. 

Justice Bromwich said while the Albury man had shown progress and commended him on finding new employment since release, there was "no compelling evidence that this was all in the past". 

"I get the sense that he is on the right path, but it's a risk assessment at the end of the day," he said.

"It's really to try to control temptation."

Lawyers for Jakovac had earlier argued that proposed control orders sought by the AFP were not required because he no longer had extreme right-wing views.

Jakovac had spent time in the community since July 25 without committing any further offences, had a stable environment where he lived at home with his mother, and had found work as a chef in a position he was very proud of, barrister Chris O'Donnell SC said.

"If that already exists why then the need for control orders ... when this positive trajectory of his re-engagement with society and the community is in place?" the barrister asked Justice Robert Bromwich.

The extreme posts were not made because of racism, but because Jakovac felt isolated and wanted to fit in with a particular community, Mr O'Connell said.

He had also rejected advances made by right-wing extremists, including a letter sent to him while in prison, and felt ashamed of his prior posts, the court heard.

The AFP's barrister Trent Glover argued that restrictions on Jakovac's online activities were required because he was vulnerable and could be re-radicalised.

"That (vulnerability) in this case enlarges the risk that absent controls, particularly relating to his activities online he may start to become either radicalised again or the feelings that he has so far at least repressed or changed will return," Mr Glover said.

Justice Bromwich noted that restrictions on online use had been effective in helping others avoid being drawn back into the world of extreme right-wing views.

"(These controls) seem to have been effective in dealing with this whole online world. I mean the internet's a very mixed blessing when it comes to young people," the judge said.

"It doesn't help them that you've got people like the former president of the United States behaving like a juvenile."

At Parramatta District Court in July this year, Jakovac was sentenced to one year and six months in jail after pleading guilty to one count of intentionally advocating the doing of a terrorist act.

In an interview with NSW correctional services, Jakovac claimed he had been radicalised since he was 15 years old.

Already spending time in custody since his arrest on December 9, 2020, he was immediately released after serving the full prison sentence imposed.