David Johnston (WA, Liberal Party, Minister for Justice and Customs) Share this | Hansard source

The government does not and has never supported the use of torture or coercion to obtain admissions or cooperation in any judicial process. I said that torture was redundant in respect of Mr Hicks because the government is unaware of any matters pertaining to Senator Brown’s question. The fact is that this man has appeared before the commission and has voluntarily entered a plea of guilty to the charge of providing material support for terrorism.