To ask Her Majesty's Government, in the light of the confirmation by Paul Symon, the Director-General of the Australian Secret Intelligence Service, at the Administrative Appeals Tribunal in Sydney on 27 April, that Australia possesses intelligence records on Portuguese Timor for the period 1974–80, what recent representations they have made to the government of Australia to obtain further information about the deaths of the Balibo Five, including British citizens Brian Peters and Malcolm Rennie; and what was the outcome of any such representations.
Answered on
15 May 2018
The Government has made no recent representations to the Australian Government seeking information related to the deaths of the Balibo Five. The Administrative Appeals Tribunal is ongoing.