A little on his new wife, Aloysia Brooks:

Ms Brooks studied at the University of Sydney’s Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies and writes poetry on human rights issues.

Yep. Who better for her to marry than an anti-Semitic, ex Islamic terrorist.

Entrepreneur Dick Smith gave $50,000 to help fund the legal battle to bring confessed terror supporter David Hicks home.

But Mr Smith said “not a cent” went directly to Hicks and some cash had been returned after Hicks was brought back to Australia.

Details of Mr Smith’s financial assistance and other support for Hicks has been outlined in an interview with Readers Digest magazine.

“I sent money to a trust account to David’s solicitor David McLeod in Adelaide,” Mr Smith told the magazine.

“I think it must have got up to about $50,000.

“It was to support family members to visit David and for other purposes.

“The money also funded Geoffrey Robertson, the top international human rights lawyer, to travel to Washington.

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Mr Smith said his sense from talking to Hicks was if he had gone before a jury, he would never have been convicted.

“When I read the initial claims about David they just didn’t ring true, that a simple country bloke who had a decent family should become a supporter of terrorism,” he said

Yeah. I cannot imagine how an anti-Semitic country bloke who converted to Islam could become a terrorist or terror supporter.

Answer: At least one million dollars.

Former Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks will go from broke to millionaire overnight if he accepts the latest mega-offer to tell his story.

Channel 9’s 60 Minutes has put $1million on the table for an exclusive interview with the convicted terrorism supporter.

With the queue of media outlets begging to interview with Hicks first now numbering 40, his lawyer David McLeod said he had “not heard” about the $1 million bid from 60 Minutes which could trump them all.

But Mr McLeod said his client was focusing on getting his life together.

“(Hicks) hasn’t made up his mind whether or not he wants to tell his story, so no decision has been made, as far as I know,” Mr McLeod said.

Hicks, 32, has been lying low since he walked free from Adelaide’s Yatala maximum security jail in December.

Mr Hicks said his son was not ready yet to speak publicly.

A Channel 9 spokesman last night denied the station had made an offer to Hicks, however it is understood discussions have taken place about drafting reporter Ray Martin for the job.

If this is true, it is yet another reminder of how far from North society’s moral compass is pointing.