In brief Burke said his department had received advice from ASIO that the group met the legal threshold to be banned. Established in 1953, Hizb ut-Tahrir is an Islamic political organisation with chapters around the world. The federal government has begun the process of banning Islamist group Hizb ut-Tahrir under new hate group laws, Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke has revealed. Speaking on ABC's Insiders program on Sunday, Burke said his department had received advice from the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation that the group met the legal threshold to be banned. Under hate group laws introduced after the Bondi Beach...