"Prime Minister John Howard says the Government would not view another significant delay in the Hicks case as acceptable.
But Mr Howard has told Channel Nine Major Mori's future is an issue for the United States.
"I am not going to interfere in anything that's happening in the United States, except to repeat that we are very angry that it's taken so long," he said.
"I share the views of millions of Australians that justice delayed is justice denied."
