Tony Abbott wants to “red-card” people who want to come to Australia from overseas to peddle their extremist ideology, to divide Australian from Australian, and to give implicit, if not explicit support for terrorism
Apparently Australia has been experiencing some internal problems with immigrants, particularly with Muslim immigrants, and he wants to bar troublemakers from entering the country. Dorina Lisson sent me the following report.
PM WANTS TO CHANGE LAWS TO BAN RADICAL GROUPS SUCH AS HIZB UT-TAHRIR
Tony Abbott has pledged to “red-card” hate preachers from entering Australia, but has admitted his government can’t yet ban the radical group Hizb ut-Tahrir
news.com.au
October 8, 2014
The Prime Minister this morning said the government is unable, under existing law, to proscribe the group as a terrorist organisation.
“We’ve looked at banning them, but we were advised under exisiting law we can’t do it,” he told 2GB Radio.
But Mr Abbott said a change to the law, that he hopes comes into force by the end of the year, will make it an offence to also promote terrorism, “not just to engage in terrorism”.
“Then I suppose we have to have another look at Hizb ut-Tahrir to see whether they fall under the definition of promoting terrorism.
“But there is no doubt they are an organisation that campaigns against Australian values, that campaigns against Australian interests and they are a thoroughly objectionable organisation.”
Mr Abbott later conceded there are already powers to ban people from entering Australia, but he said the “important thing is to use them”.
“Over the years there have been all sorts of people come in to this country to cause trouble, to make a nuisance of themselves, to stir up Australian against Australian and as far as I am concerned, this will stop,” he told reporters in Sydney.
“I say to people who want to come to this country from overseas to peddle their extremist ideology, to divide Australian from Australian, to give implicit, if not explicit support for terrorism, don’t bother applying.
“Don’t try to come.”
The Prime Minister said there needs to be “better coordination” between agencies so the Immigration Department can refuse visas.
Mr Abbott said the action he wants to take “swiftly” in the meantime is “put in place a system whereby these preachers of hate ... are not allowed into Australia.”
“By all means let Australians who want to say stupid things say stupid things, but there’s no point importing trouble-makers from overseas to stir people up and that’s what I want to see in place very, very swiftly.
“What they are promoting is the ideology which spawns terrorism and frankly it is absolutley and utterly unacceptable.”
The headline speaker at a public lecture organised by the group in Lakemba in south-western Sydney on Friday night was an example of such a preacher, Mr Abbott said, while admitting to being “frustrated and angry”.
“America has initiated yet another war, rounding up its puppets and allies to attack the Syrian revolution, while using intervention in Iraq as a convenient excuse,” it says with an invitation on the group’s website.
“Why, after three years of waiting, has America chosen this action now?
“What is the politics and reality behind this renewed war and what does it aim to achieve?
“How should Muslims respond as America attacks the most potent uprising in the Muslim world in the last century: the revolution of Syria?”
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