Joe Ludwig (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Manager of Opposition Business in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

The Labor Party does not support the amendment. What it does to that definition of financing of terrorism is to leave out:

• (b) an offence against section 20 or 21 of the Charter of the United Nations Act 1945; or
• (c) an offence against a law of a State or Territory that corresponds—

‘corresponds’ is worth mentioning—

• to an offence referred to in paragraph (a) or (b); or
• ·         (d) an offence against a law of a foreign country or a part of a foreign country that corresponds to an offence referred to in paragraph (a) or (b).

The difficulty is that the narrowing of the definition makes it far too narrow. To capture the relevant state offences, it is necessary to have the financing of terrorism defined in that way. The Labor Party does not support the narrowing of offences under financing of terrorism in the way that the Australian Greens have outlined. It would be, in effect, a retrograde step.