The Committee concludes that Islamic State in Libya, Islamic State Sinai Province and al-Qa’ida in the Indian Subcontinent meet, and that al-Qa’ida in the Arabian Peninsula continues to meet, the definition of a terrorist organisation, namely that these organisations:
are directly or indirectly engaged in, preparing, planning, assisting in or fostering the doing of a terrorist act, or
advocate the doing of a terrorist act.
The Committee therefore supports the listing and re-listing of these organisations under the Criminal Code and finds no reason to disallow these legislative instruments.
The Committee accepts that in many cases it may be appropriate that the listing of a terrorist organisation comes into immediate effect. The Committee maintains the view, however, that where there is no pressing risk to Australia’s national security, listings should not come into effect until the parliamentary disallowance period has expired and the Committee has concluded its review.