Decision-Making Documents Between 1 January 2020 – 25 August 2025 That Outline How The Attorney-General’s Department Assesses Whether An Organisation Should Be Listed Or Re-Listed As A Terrorist…

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This disclosure contains a Statement of Reasons from the Department of Home Affairs documenting the listing of Islamic State Somalia as a terrorist organisation under Division 102 of the Criminal Code Act 1995. The document outlines the legislative basis requiring the AFP Minister to be satisfied on reasonable grounds that an organisation is engaged in, preparing, planning, assisting in or advocating terrorist acts. The substantive content details Islamic State Somalia's formation in 2014 from disaffected al-Shabaab members, its pledge of allegiance to Islamic State in 2015-2016 (publicly recognised in 2017), and its stated objective to establish an Islamic Caliphate in the Horn of Africa under Sharia law consistent with global jihadist ideology. The listing was first made on 4 April 2019 and commenced on 17 September 2019. The document references reliance on both publicly available and classified corroborating information to support the listing decision.