Michael Keenan (Stirling, Liberal Party, Minister for Justice) Share this | Hansard source

In answer to the questions that he asked me, I would like to refer him to this very comprehensive submission that Senator Brandis has already made to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee, who are looking into this matter. This submission is publicly available. It outlines in detail the process of consultation that the Attorney-General undertook in relation to his dealings with the Solicitor-General. Further to this, on his questions in relation to legal advice, it has been longstanding practice in this House under successive governments—including the Rudd-Gillard-Rudd governments, for which he was briefly Attorney-General—that we do not discuss the detail of legal advice. That is something this government adheres to as well.

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