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Law Council awaits speedy release of Haneef report

Tue Nov 25 2008

The Law Council has welcomed indications made by Attorney-General Robert McClelland that the Australian Government will publicly release the findings of the Clarke Inquiry into the Haneef case before the end of the year.�President Ross Ray QC said, “Having been extensively involved in the Clarke Inquiry, the Law Council was concerned by suggestions that the contents of the report would not be released for some months.�Given the strong public interest in the Haneef case, this would be an unacceptable delay.” View the LCA media release>

The Honourable John Clarke QC handed over his report on the handling of the Haneef case to the Attorney-General on 21 November.�The highly anticipated report followed an eight month inquiry into the arrest, prosecution and detention of Dr Mohamed Haneef.�

25 November 2008

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