Senate debates

Tuesday, 10 November 2015

Committees

Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security; Government Response to Report

5:03 pm

Photo of Matthew CanavanMatthew Canavan (Queensland, Liberal National Party) Share this | | Hansard source

I present the government responses to committee reports as listed on today’s order of business. In accordance with the usual practice, I seek leave to incorporate the documents in Hansard.

Leave granted.

The documents read as follows—

Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security

Review of the re-listing of Hizballah's External Security Organisation

Tabled 22 June 2015

The Government's Response to Committee's Recommendation

Recommendation 1:

The Committee recommends that the regulation, made under the Criminal Code section 102.1, to list Hizballah's External Security Organisation as a terrorist organisation, not be disallowed.

Response:

The Government agrees with the recommendation.

Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security

Review of the re-listing of Ansar al-Islam, Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan,

Lashkar-e Jhangvi and Jaish-e-Mohammad

Tabled 25 May 2015

The Government's Response to the Committee's Recommendation

Recommendation 1:

The Committee recommends that the regulations, made under the Criminal Code section 102.1, to list Ansar al-Islam, Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, Lashkar-e Jhangvi and Jaish-e-Mohammad as terrorist organisations, not be disallowed.

Response:

The Government agrees with the recommendation.