Keneally calls for right-wing extremists to be put on terror register | Gallo_Ways
, Australia has not listed any extreme right-wing groups as terrorist organisations on its proscribed list.All of Australia's Five Eyes intelligence partners — Canada, the United Kingdom, the United States and NZ — have right-wing extremists groups or individuals listed as terrorist organisations.
"Some experts suggest that, in our increasingly networked world, any practical distinction between domestic and international terrorism has almost gone completely," Senator Keneally will say, according to a draft of the speech. The decision to proscribe a terrorist organisation lies with the Governor-General, on the advice of the government, which then criminalises any membership or association with that group.
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