Commonwealth Numbered Acts

AUSTRALIAN SECURITY INTELLIGENCE ORGANIZATION ACT 1979 No. 113 of 1979 - SECT 5

5. (1) For the purposes of this Act, the activities of persons, other than
activities of foreign origin or activities directed against a foreign
government, that are to be regarded as subversion are-

   (a)  activities that involve, will involve or lead to, or are intended or
        likely ultimately to involve or lead to, the use of force or violence
        or other unlawful acts (whether by those persons or by others) for the
        purpose of overthrowing or destroying the constitutional government of
        the Commonwealth or of a State or Territory;

   (b)  activities directed to obstructing, hindering or interfering with the
        performance by the Defence Force of its functions or the carrying out
        of other activities by or for the Commonwealth for the purposes of
        security or the defence of the Commonwealth; or

   (c)  activities directed to promoting violence or hatred between different
        groups of persons in the Australian community so as to endanger the
        peace, order or good government of the Commonwealth.
(2) For the purposes of this section, ''activities of foreign origin'' means
activities of, directed or subsidized by, or undertaken in active
collaboration with, a foreign power or foreign political organization, whether
carried on or to be carried on in Australia or outside Australia.

(3) Nothing in this section affects the meaning of the expression
''subversion'' in relation to activities of foreign origin or activities
directed against a foreign government.