What are the latest developments involving mass murderer Ivan Milat and related matters?
Mr AMERY: I should begin by asking those who think they have heard everything to listen. As honourable members know, Ivan Milat has the dubious distinction of being the first inmate in the 70-bed high-risk management unit within Goulburn gaol, which is commonly known as the supermax prison. He is rightly classified as an extreme high-risk inmate. Honourable members will recall that on 20 February 2001 Milat informed prison authorities he had ingested razor blades, stationery staples and a small chain from a pair of nail clippers. He obtained razor blades by dismantling disposable razors that are provided to all prisoners for shaving. Milat was given immediate medical attention and was X-rayed—all at public expense. Milat told prison staff that he had taken precautions to ensure that the razor blades did not hurt him, which suggests that he wrapped them in material such as an adhesive tape. In other words, he wanted it only to appear that he was damaging himself. He claimed that this wa
