M'lud, the Foreign Minister, does seem to be just a tad inconsistent regarding the handling of these very grave matters M'lud.
On the one hand M'lud, the Minister tells the court that those responsible for the unlawful death of 38 Australian citizens or permanent residents on MH-17 should be brought to justice ("we are doing all we can to bring those responsible to account”) but on the other hand, we hear not so much as a peep out of her M'lud, about bringing those responsible for the unlawful death of 7 Australian citizens or permanent residents on MH-370 to justice.
Passing strange M'lud.
M'lud, it beggars the mind M'lud, but quite obviouly M'lud, the Minister must logically have some "threshold" for justice in her own mind, M'lud.
It must obviously lie between 7 and 38 M'lud.
Is it going into double figures (10), or a dozen (12), perhaps two dozen (24), perhaps at a stretch three dozen (36) ?
The threshold must be in there somewhere, in the "fog" of diplomacy perhaps, M'lud, but I am sure you will agree with me M'lud, that there is definately no threshold of any kind, other than ONE, in the "crystal clarity" of the law, M'lud.
Perhaps I may prevail upon M'lud, to direct the Minister, to specify what "her threshold for justice" is, and why, so that we may then deal with this most uncooperative of witnesses in an appropriate manner. In this regard M'lud, I am sure that M'lud recalls, that the Nuremberg Trials, post World War Two, clearly established some relevat principles in International Law, M'lud, that may, have some significant bearing, on these, most grave of matters, M'lud.
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