In fact, he declined to answer one question which sought his attitudes to the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts.
2.
See, for example, ss 23CB(6) and (7)(e) Crimes Act 1914 (‘the Crimes Act’).
3.
See divisions 104 and 105 Criminal Code 1995 (Commonwealth) (‘the Criminal Code’).
4.
See s 105.41(2) Criminal Code.
5.
In fact, this order was not necessary. The time taken to decide an application constitutes automatic down time. See s 23CA(8)(h). I hadn't quite fully mastered the legislation by the time of this first application.
6.
See s 23CA(8)(h) Crimes Act.
7.
I wasn't too displeased. From my discussions with Mr Simms and his adviser, Mr Rendina, I gained the strong impression that although downtime was being applied for in five day intervals, the intention of the Australian Federal Police was that Dr Haneef was to be held for many weeks. Progress was progress, even when it was slow.
I have seen nothing to suggest that Clive Porritt acted other than on instructions from police officers that day. I am mystified as to why Mr Porritt has been disciplined for his role in Dr Haneef's case. As with others who have spoken publicly, I have known Mr Porritt to always display a high level of integrity in my dealings with him.
By way of example, see Daily Telegraph, 4 July 2007, ‘Enemy Within: Foreign Doctor Visa Review’; Courier-Mail, 4 July 2007, ‘Terror Link on our Doorstops’; The Australian, 5 July 2007; Sunday Mail, 8 July; and The Australian, 17 July 2007, per Cameron Stewart.
12.
See <www.theaustralian.news.com.au/stroy/0,25197,22702742-11949,00.html> at 12 June 2008. The statement was made in an application for a Criminal Justice Certificate (under the Migration Act) dated 16 July 2007, the same day that bail was granted and the visa was cancelled.
13.
I never made the second meeting.
14.
As it turned out, I did not make the second QUT meeting.
15.
‘In which a writ of Mandamus or prohibition or an injunction is sought against an officer of the Commonwealth …’
