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Australia Lists Terrorgram as Terrorist Organisation With 25-Year Prison Terms

The government says the listing will enable it to disrupt a decentralised white supremacist network that has inspired extremist violence internationally.

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The listing comes after the federal government imposed counter-terrorism financing sanctions on the online network in February.

Overview

  • The listing criminalises membership, recruitment, training, funding or support of Terrorgram under Australia’s Criminal Code with penalties up to 25 years in prison.
  • Authorities gain new legal powers to target the network’s encrypted channels and propaganda efforts across Telegram.
  • Terrorgram operates as a decentralised chat group promoting white supremacy, providing bomb-making guides and calling for a white ethno-state.
  • Officials cite its role in motivating lone-actor attacks abroad, including a 2022 shooting in Slovakia and plots against US energy sites and a Turkish mosque.
  • Australia’s move aligns with US and UK terrorist designations and builds on counter-terror financing sanctions imposed in February.