George Brandis (Queensland, Liberal Party, Shadow Attorney-General) Share this | Hansard source

Yes, Senator McLucas, I am a lawyer and I am very proud to be a lawyer. It is a very timely interjection, because I thought I might conclude the last few minutes of my speech by talking about the constitutional basis of this bill. Because there is no doubt at all that Senator Scullion's bill is soundly consti­tutionally based under at least—