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

That is precisely the motivation behind why we are attempting to remediate this situation. These men now have a record of a breach of the criminal law. Their travel plans and what have you are affected. They have to declare that they have convictions against their name in circumstances where they should not have to do that, in the circumstances that have evolved with respect to those offences. I can assure Senator Fielding that I am very motivated to repair this and am doing everything I can to see what avenues are available. I will get back to him shortly, I hope, with a solution.