Senator GREIG (6:28 PM) —I ask the minister: at what point does the government step in in relation to this issue? Hopefully, there is some time frame in the government's thinking. Mr Hicks has certainly been held for many months. At what point does detention become deprivation of liberty? At what point does questioning become harassment? The US government has said that it has detained Mr Hicks, in particular, for questioning. For how long will the government tolerate this questioning? At the very time it is saying to the Australian people in relation to the antiterrorism bills that civil liberties will be maintained by the government, it is not extending that to Mr Hicks.