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Article: Fed: Lawyers in Federal Court bid to free Hicks
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- AAP General News (Australia)
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- December 6, 2006
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AAP General News (Australia)
12-06-2006
Fed: Lawyers in Federal Court bid to free Hicks
ADELAIDE, Dec 6 AAP - Australian terrorist suspect David Hicks' legal team has applied
for an urgent hearing in the Federal Court in Sydney in a bid to bring him home by Christmas.
Hicks' Adelaide-based lawyer David McLeod said papers would be filed against the federal
government for failing to provide adequate assistance to an Australian citizen abroad.
"This is an unique action approaching the Federal court, asking for it to intervene
on the basis that the discretion that has been exercised by both the minister for foreign
affairs and the attorney-general has been based upon improper ...