Designated terrorist organisations in Australia are organisations that have been designated by the

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terrorist organisation A number of national governments and two international organizations have created lists of organizations that they designate as terrorist. The following list of designated terrorist groups lists groups designated as terrorist by current and fo ...

s. A list of terrorist organisations was first created under the ''Security Legislation Amendment (Terrorism) Act 2002'', as part of the fight against terrorism worldwide.

History

The ''Security Legislation Amendment (Terrorism) Act 2002'' was passed by the

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, "enabling Australian governments to deal with organisations involved in terrorism", and inserted a range of terrorist organisation offences into the ''

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'' (Cth). For example, the Act made it an offence to materially support or be supported by a listed terrorist organisation.

Oversight and monitoring

The list of designated terror organisations is maintained by the Attorney-General's Department. For listing as a terrorist organisation, an organisation may be found to be such by a court as part of a prosecution for a terrorist offence or the designation may be made by regulation upon the motion of the

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under Division 102 of the ''Criminal Code Act 1995''. Listing, de-listing and re-listing follows a protocol that mainly involves the

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and the Attorney-General's Department. Such action in general is not made with reference to designations made or proposed by other countries or multinational organisations. Under Division 103 of the ''

'', it is illegal to finance terrorism.Criminal Code Act 1995 (Cth) s 1.1
Criminal Code Act 1995 (Cth). Retrieved 20 January 2015. The Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC) monitors financial transactions involving listed terrorist organisations.

List of designated terrorist organisations

the Australian government lists 28 foreign organisations as terrorist organisations:

Hamas Hamas (, ; , ; an acronym of , "Islamic Resistance Movement") is a Palestinian Sunni- Islamic fundamentalist, militant, and nationalist organization. It has a social service wing, Dawah, and a military wing, the Izz ad-Din al-Qas ...

was listed in July 2014, but was removed from the list by January 2015. Hamas was reinstated in 2022. The Base and the entirety of

Hezbollah Hezbollah (; ar, حزب الله ', , also transliterated Hizbullah or Hizballah, among others) is a Lebanese Shia Islamist political party and militant group, led by its Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah since 1992. Hezbollah's parami ...

were added on 24 November 2021.

Terrorism financing laws

Australian anti-terrorism financing laws include: * ''

'' (Cth): ** section 102.6 – getting funds to, from or for a terrorist organisation ** section 102.7 – providing support to a terrorist organisation ** section 103.1 – financing terrorism ** section 103.2 – financing a terrorist, and ** section 119.4(5) – giving or receiving goods and services to promote the commission of a foreign incursion offence. * ''Charter of the United Nations Act 1945'' (Cth): ** section 20 – dealing with freezable assets, and ** section 21 – giving an asset to a proscribed person or entity. These offences sanction persons and entities under Australian and international law. The responsibility of prosecuting these offences in Australia rests with the

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, state police forces and the

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References

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History

Oversight and monitoring

List of designated terrorist organisations

Terrorism financing laws

See also

References