Senator Ludwig: The Minister for Justice has provided the following answer to the honourable senator’s question: (1) The Australian Government has not made enquiries of Germany, Costa Rica or Japan in relation to Mr Watson as he is a dual citizen of Canada and the United States. It is a matter for those countries to make those enquiries. (2) The Australian Government is aware that an Interpol Red Notice was issued in respect of Mr Watson at Costa Rica’s request. The Australian Government did not make inquiries of Interpol as it would not expect to be a party to discussions concerning the issue of an Interpol Red Notice made at the request of another country. (3) The Australian Government is not aware of the grounds on which Mr Watson was held under house arrest in Germany and would not expect to be provided with information concerning Germany’s domestic law enforcement. (4) Mr Watson’s ability to enter Australia would be governed by the provisions of the Migration Act 1958 (Cth). If Mr Watson wished to make a claim for asylum it would be assessed in accordance with the provisions of that Act. An extradition or mutual assistance request could be made to Australia in respect of Mr Watson. Any request would be assessed in accordance with the provisions of the Extradition Act 1988 (Cth) and/or the Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act 1987 (Cth) and any applicable treaty provisions. (5) Australia does not have a bilateral extradition relationship with Costa Rica. It cannot consider an extradition request from Costa Rica other than for offences covered by multilateral conventions attaching extradition obligations to which both Australia and Costa Rica are parties. Australia can consider an extradition request from Japan as Japan is declared in the Extradition (Japan) Regulations 1988 to be an ‘extradition country’ for the purposes of the Extradition Act.