Designated terrorist organisations in Australia

Designated terrorist organisations in Australia are organisations that have been designated by the Australian government as terrorist organisations. A list of terrorist organisations was created under the Security Legislation Amendment (Terrorism) Act 2002, as part of the fight against terrorism worldwide. The Act was passed by the Australian Parliament, "enabling Australian governments to deal with organisations involved in terrorism," and inserted a range of terrorist organisation offences into the Criminal Code Act 1995 (Cth). For example, the Act made it an offense to materially support or be supported by a listed terrorist organisation. Under Division 103 of the Criminal Code, it is illegal to finance terrorism. The Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre monitors financial transactions involving listed terrorist organisations.

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 Attorney-General of Australia under Division 102 of the Criminal Code Act 1995. Listing, de-listing and re-listing follows a protocol that mainly involves the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation 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.

Listed terrorist organisations, 2016
As of November 2016, the Australian government has listed 20 foreign organisations as terrorist organisations.
 Abu Sayyaf Group
 Al-Mourabitoun
 Al-Qa'ida (AQ)
 Al-Qa'ida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)
 Al-Qa'ida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM)
 Al-Shabaab
 Ansar al-Islam
 Boko Haram
 Hamas's Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades
 Hizballah's External Security Organisation (ESO)
 Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan
 Islamic State
 Jabhat al-Nusra
 Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM)
 Jamiat ul-Ansar
 Jemaah Islamiyah (JI)
 Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK)
 Lashkar i Jhangvi (LeJ)
 Lashkar-e-Tayyiba
 Palestinian Islamic Jihad

In addition, Hamas was listed in July 2014. It was removed from the list by January 2015.

Listed terrorist organisations, 2006 
 Abu Sayyaf group – from a base in the Southern islands of the Philippines, the group has affirmed a goal of creating a pan-Islamic superstate across Southeast Asia.
 Al Qaeda – a militant Qutbist Sunni Islamist terrorist organization established in 1988.
 Tanzim Qa'idat al-Jihad fi Bilad al-Rafidayn (the al-Zarqawi group, also known as al Qa'ida in Iraq, or The Organization for the Foundation of the Holy Struggle in Mesopotamia. – the organisation is associated with Al-Qa'ida and is a successor of Jama'at al-Tawhid wal-Jihad (Arabic: جماعة التوحيد والجهاد)  – the Unification (Monotheism) and the Holy Struggle Group)
 Ansar al-Sunna (formerly known as Ansar Al-Islam).
 Armed Islamic group – based in northern and central Iraq, the group includes Kurdish groups, Sunni Arab religious radicals, and others.
 Asbat al-Ansar ("the League of the Followers" or "Partisans' League") – an organization of Sunni Islamists based in southern Lebanon.
 Egyptian Islamic Jihad, also called Islamic Jihad  and the Jihad Group – associated with the Muslim Brotherhood, and have declared a goal to overthrow the Egyptian Government and replace it with an Islamic state.
 Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades – a militant wing of Hamas (Arabic: حركة حماس; acronym: Arabic: حركة المقاومة الاسلامية, or Harakat al-Muqawama al-Islamiyya or "Islamic Resistance Movement".
 Hizballah External Security Organisation (Al-Muqawama al-Islamiyya – "The Islamic Resistance"). Hezbollah (Arabic: حزب الله ḥizbu-llāh, meaning "party of God") is a Shi'a Islamic political and paramilitary organization based in Lebanon. It propounds a version of Islamic Shi'a ideology developed by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
 The Islamic Army of Aden –a terrorist group based in southern Yemen.
 Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, also known as the Islamic Party of Turkestan – an Islamist terrorist organization within the Islamic Movement of Central Asia that has operated in and beyond Uzbekistan since 1998. The IMU's goal is to overthrow the Government of Uzbekistan and replace it with an Islamic State.
 Jaish-e-Mohammed (literally The Army of Muhammad) – a major Islamic militant organization in South Asia, formed in 1994 and based in the Pakistan. The group's primary objective is to end India's rule in Kashmir.
 Jamiat ul-Ansar (formerly known as Harakat Ul-Mujahideen) – a militant Islamist organization founded in 1993 that is particularly active in Jammu and Kashmir.
 Jemaah Islamiyah – a Southeast Asian Islamist organization dedicated to the establishment of a Daulah Islamiyah (pan-Islamic superstate in Southeast Asia).
 Lashkar i Jhangvi (English: Army of Jhang) – a Wahabi Islamic terrorist organization affiliated with Al Qaeda that has operated in Pakistan since 1997 with a particular focus upon victimising the Pakistani Shia Muslim community.
 Lashkar-e-Tayyiba. This organisation's primary objectives are to end Indian rule in Jammu and Kashmir, and to establish Islamic rule over all of India and the world
 Palestinian Islamic Jihad – an organisation whose declared goal is the destruction of Israel and replacement it with a Palestinian Islamic state.
 Salafist Group for Call and Combat – a militant Wahhabist Sunni Islamist group which aims to overthrow the Algerian government and institute an Islamic state.
 Kurdistan Workers Party – a marxist group based in southern Turkey, northern parts of Iraq, Iran, Syria listed since 15 December 2005.

Terrorism financing laws 
Australian anti terrorism financing laws include:

 Criminal Code Act 1995 (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 Australian Federal Police, State police forces and the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions.

See also
Anti-Terrorism Act 2005
Australian anti-terrorism legislation, 2004
List of designated terrorist groups
Terrorism in Australia

References

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Category:Australian crime-related lists
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