Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee, , 4:08:48 to 4:44:24
Information on the number of returned individuals charged and the status of ongoing investigations and court proceedings involving the AFP.
Topics: National security, Sentencing, AFP
Speakers: Brendan Dowling, Hon Jonathon Duniam, Senator Jana Stewart, Unknown Speaker, Stephanie Foster
Okay, perhaps Minister, you might take that on notice. Sure. Uh then with regard to the individuals who have returned to Australia. Um have any further individuals been charged as a result of the ongoing investigations that I believe uh
since September last year of the people who've returned in that period for individuals have been charged. Those uh to my knowledge have been reported on in the media after um uh the AFP or the uh other law enforcement agencies have been charged. Uh that is the extent so far, but um that does not mean that individuals don't remain under investigation.
Yeah, different matters. So what's been publicly reported is the extent of the charges that have been laid. And believe so, yes, and the court uh proceedings uh have they have any of those come to their conclusion? And five.
I think all those court proceedings remain in train in relation to those who've been charged uh after return.
Um But that would probably be best directed to the AFP Commissioner.
Although is this agency uh notified kept a breast of these developments as they occur?
I mean I've certainly will ask Commissioner Barrett and the colleagues, but we do have um a range of uh corporation and coordination mechanisms across relevant agencies. So uh it's court proceedings to develop. Um as the secretary mentioned. Uh the prosecutions work, they would keep us updated on developments. Yes.
Sure thing. I'm just uh at time.
We are due to go to lunch now. So we will resume in this outcome after the lunch break. We will suspend for thirty minutes and return at one twenty-five. We will resume in outcome one and I'll return the call to Senator Dunning.