I present the government's response to a report of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security on its inquiry into the review of the relisting of terrorist organisations. I seek leave to have the document incorporated in Hansard.

Leave granted.

The document read as follows—

Australian Government response to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security's report:

Review of the re-listing of Al-Shabaab, Hamas' Izz al-Din al -Qassam Brigades, Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), Lashkar-e-Tayyiba and Palestinian Islamic Jihad as terrorist organisations

APRIL 2016

Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security

Review of the re-listing of Al-Shabaab, Hamas' Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), Lashkar-e-Tayyiba and Palestinian Islamic Jihad as terrorist organisations

Tabled 12 October 2015

The Government's Response to the Committee's Recommendations

Recommendation 1

The Committee recommends that the regulations, made under the Criminal Code section 102.1, to list Al-Shabaab, Hamas' Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, Lashkar-e-Tayyiba, and Palestinian Islamic Jihad as terrorist organisations not be disallowed.

Response

The Government agrees with the recommendation.

Recommendation 2

The Committee recommends that the regulation, made under the Criminal Code section 102.1, to list the Kurdistan Workers' Party as a terrorist organisation not be disallowed.

Response

The Government agrees with the recommendation.