Chris Ellison (WA, Liberal Party, Minister for Justice and Customs) Share this | Hansard source

As I understood the Attorney-General’s comments, he was considering that issue, although I think the preliminary comments have been that they would not favour a commission as such but that some aspect of accountability be looked at. That is the situation at the moment. The Attorney-General is certainly discussing this with a number of stakeholders—the judiciary and others. Senator Murray would be aware that this has been the subject of some estimates coverage, with Senator Heffernan asking a number of detailed questions in this regard. It has certainly been looked at by a number of state jurisdictions, and I think it is quite a topical issue in Australia today. I would agree with Senator Murray that both of these are issues which should be debated and are perhaps ones that you could fairly say will not go away. I include the judicial commission as one of them.