Harry Jenkins Scullin, Australian Labor Party
4:58 pm
This morning I was very fortunate, along with over 30 parliamentary colleagues from both the House and the Senate, to be involved in a briefing by Major Michael Dante Mori, the very brave and intelligent military counsel who is acting on behalf of David Hicks. Major Mori gave a very succinct but full outline of the circumstances of David Hicks since he was first arrested nearly five years ago and the circumstances of his detainment in Guantanamo Bay. I join with the honourable member for Banks in asking that the government either make approaches to the US government and have David Hicks returned to Australia or place pressure on the US government to ensure that a process is put in place so that any charges for any offences that David Hicks may have carried out can be looked at with procedural fairness to him.
Gary Nairn Eden-Monaro, Liberal Party, Special Minister of State
I require the debate to be extended.