Queensland Premier welcomes verdict

Welcoming the Federal Court verdict reinstating the work visa of Mohammed Haneef, Queensland Premier Anna Bligh said she would be pleased to have the Indian doctor in the state hospital. “The decision by the court on Friday in relation to Haneef’s visa adds… weight to concerns that all may not have been as it should have been in the dealings the Commonwealth Government had with Haneef,” she was quoted as saying by The Australian. Bligh said Haneef was considered a competent doctor in his time with the Queensland Health. However, as his registration in Queensland lapsed in September, Bligh said it would need to be renewed, and other visa requirements met, before he could return to work. If Haneef satisfied the visa and the registration requirements, I would be very pleased to have him, and any other suitably qualified medical practitioners, in our hospitals,” she said.