Haneef could be re-registered to work in Hospital: Minister

MELBOURNE: Mohammed Haneef, who won the right to return to Australia after a court quashed the government's decision to cancel his work visa, could be re-registered to work in Queensland as early as next month.

Stating this, Queensland Health Minister Stephen Robertson, whose department sponsored Haneef to work at the Gold Coast Hospital, said he would be happy to have the Indian-born doctor back.

Haneef's lawyers meanwhile released the full transcript of a previously secret second interview with the Australian Federal Police. His solicitor Peter Russo said the full transcript was being made public at Haneef's request to counter the selective release of information by Australian authorities.

Stephen Robertson said, "We've made it clear that we are prepared to accept Dr Haneef back if that is the outcome of the extraordinary processes that he's been put through by an increasingly incompetent federal minister."

Robertson was qouted by 'The Australian' on Wednesday as saying he understood Haneef could be re-registered in September.

Although, he said, "That would be a matter for the medical board to determine".