Federal police could locally prosecute people they suspect have killed Australians overseas, under a proposed law designed to open the case of a woman who died in Brunei more than 20 years ago. Adelaide woman Anthea Bradshaw-Hall had reportedly been stabbed and strangled when her husband, Jeff Hall, found her body in their Brunei apartment in 1994. Since then, her family has campaigned for successive federal governments to empower Australian police to investigate her death and to act on their findings. Brunei authorities have not prosecuted anyone in relation to the death, citing insufficient evidence. Innovation Minister Christopher Pyne (left) said on Thursday the Australian Federal Police would arrange for the alleged offender to be extradited to Australia as early as this year. Mr Pyne, the Bradshaws' local member, said the proposed bill - which covered only murder or manslaughter - could be passed in this parliamentary session, with no opposition expected from other parties. 
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