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

Mr Deputy President, on the point of order: in fact what I said in my statement to the Senate, as the Hansard will reveal, was that Senator Johnston drew to my attention Senator Brown's speech, not the legal advice. Senator Johnston at no time showed me the legal advice and at no time have I seen it because, by the time it was recirculated, I had asked the secretariat not to circulate any of the papers concerning the reference to me.