(Sydney Morning Herald) Australia will list white supremacist group The Base and all of Hezbollah as terrorist organisations, making it a criminal offence to be a member.
Home Affairs Minister Karen Andrews described The Base, a group that began in the United States and is active in Australia, as a “violent, racist and neo-Nazi organisation” that had been planning terror attacks in several countries.
“We are aware of their activities in Australia and overseas and we will continue to monitor them,” she said.
Ms Andrews also confirmed the government was following the recommendation of a bipartisan parliamentary inquiry to list all of Lebanese political party and militant group Hezbollah as a terrorist organisation.
