Australian Government: Attorney-General's Department
Australian Government: Attorney-General's DepartmentAchieving a Just and Secure Society

Financing of terrorism

It is an offence for a person to provide or collect funds to be used to facilitate or engage in a terrorist act (sections 103.1 and 103.2 of the Criminal Code).

It is also an offence to hold assets or to use or deal with the assets of terrorists and terrorist organisations listed under the Charter of the United Nations Act 1945 (UN Act) and the Charter of the United Nations (Terrorism and Dealing with Assets) Regulations 2002 (UN Charter Regulations) which is administered by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.