Contents

Contents

Membership of the Committee
Terms of reference
List of recommendations

Membership of the Committee

Chair

Hon David Jull MP

 

Members

Hon Kim Beazley MP to 14/2/2005

Senator Alan Ferguson

 

Mr Stewart McArthur MP

Senator Sandy Macdonald

 

Hon Duncan Kerr MP

Senator the Hon Robert Ray

Committee Secretariat

Secretary

Ms Margaret Swieringa

Research Officer

Ms Sonya Fladun

Research Officer

Ms Kate Tubridy

Executive Assistant

Mrs Donna Quintus-Bosz

Terms of reference

This inquiry and report is conducted under the following powers:

Criminal Code Amendment (Terrorist Organisations) Act 2004

102.1A Reviews by the Parliamentary Joint Committee on ASIO, ASIS and DSD

Review of listing regulation

  1. 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 ASIO, ASIS and DSD may:
    1. review the regulation as soon as possible after the making of the regulation; and
    2. report the Committee’s comments and recommendations to each House of the Parliament before the end of the applicable disallowance period.

And

Criminal Code Amendment Regulations 2004 (No 2)

Criminal Code Amendment Regulations 2004 (No 3)

Criminal Code Amendment Regulations 2004 (No 4)

Criminal Code Amendment Regulations 2004 (No 5)

Criminal Code Amendment Regulations 2004 (No 6)

Criminal Code Amendment Regulations 2004 (No 7)

Statutory Rules Nos. 283, 284 and 311-314

Dated 31 August 2004 and 4 November 2004

List of recommendations

2

Procedural concerns

Recommendation 1

The Committee recommends that a comprehensive information program, that takes account of relevant community groups, be conducted in relation to any listing of an organisation as a terrorist organisation

3

The Proposed Listings

Recommendation 2

The Committee does not recommend disallowance of the regulations on the six terrorist organisations:

  • Al-Qa’ida;
  • Jemaah Islamiyyah (JI);
  • Abu Sayyaf ;
  • The Armed Islamic Group (GIA);
  • Jamiat ul-Ansar (JuA) (formally Harakat Ul-Mujahideen); and
  • The Salafist Group.
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