Foreign Minister Julie Bishop says the Government will be in contact with the new Egyptian government about whether there is any way for it to intervene after journalist Peter Greste was jailed for seven years.
Greste and two Al Jazeera colleagues were convicted on charges of spreading false news and supporting the banned Muslim Brotherhood - charges they denied.
Ms Bishop, US secretary of state John Kerry, family and friends and human rights groups have condemned the punishment.
Greste's brother Andrew said he was "gutted", while the journalist's parents said the verdict was "absolutely crazy".
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Foreign Minister Julie Bishop says the Government will be in contact with the new Egyptian government about whether there is any way for it to intervene after journalist Peter Greste was jailed for seven years.
Greste and two Al Jazeera colleagues were convicted on charges of spreading false news and supporting the banned Muslim Brotherhood - charges they denied.
Ms Bishop, US secretary of state John Kerry, family and friends and human rights groups have condemned the punishment.
Greste's brother Andrew said he was "gutted", while the journalist's parents said the verdict was "absolutely crazy".
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