Nicola Roxon (Gellibrand, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Attorney-General) Share this | Hansard source

It is ridiculous. I hope that on more reflection the Attorney may change his mind. Maybe his backbench, who were so concerned about sedition and free speech when we debated these laws six, seven or eight months ago, might be pressuring him again to reconsider that.

Last but not least, what about one of the other things that we think is a human right in Australia, which is the right to a fair trial? What about the right to not be detained time and time again—maybe for five years, for example? What about freedom from arbitrary detention? We have an Australian citizen in Guantanamo Bay whom, I agree, not many people in this House or elsewhere in the community have much sympathy for. But we do not have to have sympathy for people to demand that they are entitled to a fair trial, that they are entitled to be detained and charged in a proper way, not— (Time expired)

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