Australia to list Hamas and US far-right group as terrorists

Home Affairs Minister Karen Andrews said Australia is adding the US-based far-right extremist group National Socialist Order and Palestinian group Hamas to its list of outlawed terrorist organisations (Lukas Coch/AAP/AP)

Australia said it has added the US-based far-right extremist group National Socialist Order and plans to add the entirety of the Palestinian group Hamas to its list of outlawed terrorist organisations as concerns rise about radicalised children.

The National Socialist Order, formerly known as Atomwaffen Division, joins Islamist groups Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham and Hurras al-Din in being added to the list, Home Affairs Minister Karen Andrews said.