Happy David Hicks Day!

From the second last sitting of parliament:

Senator NETTLE (New South Wales) (4.11 pm)—I move that the Senate—

(a) notes that Mr David Hicks has spent nearly 5 years in detention in Guantanamo Bay; and
(b) calls on the Government to take immediate action to ensure that Mr Hicks receives either a fair trial or is returned to Australia.

Ayes………… 31 (Grn/Lab/Dem/FF)
Noes………… 33 (Lib/Nats)

Only logical reasons for voting against this motion:

For a): You do not wish to acknowledge David Hicks has spent nearly 5 years at Gitmo, you want to pretend he hasn't.
For b): You don't want Hicks to receive a fair trial OR returned to Australia.
For b): You don't want to take any action to ensure he will receive either, you just want to sit back and see what happens.

And any "a trial is just around the corner" can take a flying one, it's been 5 years, that excuse doesn't cut it. Any "we can't trial him here, the laws don't apply" - he can't be (returned and) given a trial because technically he hasn't commited a crime? That defies logic. 5 years without trial is kidnapping, theft of a human being, abduction. We're supposed to be the good guys.

UPDATE: I do note Family First voted for the Extreme Green motion (it happens quite often I've noticed.)
Liberals and Nationals either disagreed or abstained.
Labor either agreed or abstained.
Greens and Democrats all agreed.