George Brandis (Queensland, Liberal Party, Attorney-General) Share this | Hansard source

In addition to the legislative measures that I described earlier on, Senator Bushby, with which you're well familiar, I can advise the Senate that today I signed a recommendation for approval by His Excellency the Governor-General to list Islamic State East Asia as a proscribed terrorist organisation under division 102 of the Criminal Code. Listing Islamic State East Asia will ensure that the terrorist organisation offence provisions of the Criminal Code will apply to conduct in relation to that organisation.

Islamic State East Asia publicly pledged its allegiance to Islamic State in December 2015. Its primary objective is the establishment of an Islamic state under sharia law in the Philippines. Islamic State East Asia is responsible for numerous terrorist events in the Philippines, including the beheading of Christian hostages in Marawi City in June, the bombing of a market in Davao City in September 2016 and an attack against the Marawi prison— (Time expired)