List of Recommendations

Recommendation 1

2.69
The Committee recommends that the Australian Government give consideration to extending the listing of Hizballah’s ESO as a terrorist organisation to the entirety of Hizballah, noting the positions of the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, the Arab League, the Gulf Cooperation Council and the United Arab Emirates.

Recommendation 2

2.74
The Committee recommends that the Department of Home Affairs and any other relevant agencies provide the Committee with a classified briefing on its response to Recommendation 1 within three months of tabling of this report.

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About this inquiry

On 11 May 2021 the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security commenced a review of the relisting of Hizballah's External Security Organisation as a terrorist organisation under the Criminal Code Act 1995.

Section 102.1 of the Criminal Code Act 1995 provides that the Committee may review a regulation which lists an organisation as a terrorist organisation and report its comments and recommendations to each House of the Parliament before the end of the applicable disallowance period for the House. The disallowance period is 15 sitting days from the day the regulation is tabled.



Past Public Hearings

10 Jun 2021: Canberra