Contents
Membership of the Committee
Terms of reference
List of recommendations
Chapter 1
Introduction
Chapter 2
The Listings
Appendix A – List of Submissions
Appendix B – Witnesses appearing at private hearing
Membership of the Committee
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Chair |
The Hon Arch Bevis MP |
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Deputy Chair |
The Hon Philip Ruddock MP |
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Members |
Mr Daryl Melham MP |
Senator Michael Forshaw |
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Mr Mark Dreyfus QC MP |
Senator Fiona Nash |
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The Hon Andrew Robb AO MP |
Senator Gavin Marshall |
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(from 27 August 2008) |
Senator Julian McGauran |
Committee Secretariat
Secretary |
Dr Margot Kerley |
| Inquiry Secretary |
Mr Robert Little |
Research Officer |
Ms Philippa Davies |
Office Manager |
Mrs Donna Quintus-Bosz |
Terms of reference
This inquiry and report is conducted under the following powers:
Criminal Code Act 1995
Section 102.1A Reviews by Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security
Review of listing regulation
- If a regulation made after the commencement of this section specifies an organisation for the purposes of paragraph (b) of the definition of terrorist organisation in section 102.1, the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security may:
- review the regulation as soon as possible after the making of the regulation; and
- report the Committee’s comments and recommendations to each House of the Parliament before the end of the applicable disallowance period.
And
Al-Qa’ida
Criminal Code Amendment Regulations 2008 (No 1)
Select Legislative Instrument No 160 of 2008
Registered: 8 August 2008 (FRLI: F2008L02843)
Jemaah Islamiyah
Criminal Code Amendment Regulations 2008 (No 2)
Select Legislative Instrument No 161 of 2008
Registered: 8 August 2008 (FRLI: F2008L02845)
Al-Qa’ida in the Lands of the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM)
Criminal Code Amendment Regulations 2008 (No 3)
Select Legislative Instrument No 162 of 2008
Registered: 8 August 2008 (FRLI: F2008L02844)
List of recommendations
2 The Listings
Recommendation 1
The Committee does not recommend the disallowance of the regulations, made under the Criminal Code section 102.1, to list the three organisations:
- Al-Qa'ida
- Jemaah Islamiyah (JI)
- Al-Qa'ida in the Lands of the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM)
as terrorist organisations