George Brandis (Queensland, Liberal Party, Attorney-General) Share this | Hansard source

Yes, Senator Mason. I personally pleaded the men's case twice in letters to my counterpart, the Attorney-General, and as well in separate letters to the coordinating Minister of Law and Human Rights. The Minister for Justice has also taken up the plea with the Minister for Law and Human Rights. At my and the Prime Minister's request, the secretary of my department, Mr Chris Moraitis, who is of course a very experienced diplomat, as well as the Director General of Security Duncan Lewis have, in recent weeks, travelled to Indonesia to meet with senior officials and senior political figures to plead for the lives of Mr Chan and Mr Sukumaran. The AFP Commissioner has written to the head of the Indonesian National Police. As the Prime Minister said this morning, the Australian government will never rest in our determination to let Indonesia know that we oppose the death penalty. We believe that the lives of Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran should be spared.