The northern Mali-based group al-Murabitun has become the latest organisation to be listed by the Australian government as a terrorist group.
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Attorney-General George Brandis announced on Sunday that it would now be an offence to be a member of and receive training from the Sunni Islamic group, which was responsible for the 2013 siege of a gas plant in Algeria where 40 people died.
It is also an offence to provide support or funds to al-Murabitun, or "associate" with members of the group.
Senator Brandis said that the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, New Zealand and the United Nations Security Council had taken "similar action" against the the organisation.
Al-Murabitun joins about 19 other organisations listed as terrorist groups by the Australian government, including Al-Qa'ida, Islamic State and Jemaah Islamiyah. One of the most recent addition was Boko Haram, which aims to establish an Islamic State under Sharia Law in Nigeria, in June 2014.
The terrorist listing for al-Murabitun is valid for three years.
