I move:

That the Senate:

(a)   notes:

(i)

that Australian citizen, Mr David Hicks has been detained for 1 889 days,

(ii)

retrospective charges against Mr Hicks have been proposed by United States of America prosecutors, and

(iii)

further reports of mistreatment of Mr Hicks, including punishment for meeting with Australian officials; and

(b)   calls on the Government to return Mr Hicks to face justice in Australia.

Question put.