Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Opposition in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

These are not my words, these are the words of a professor of international law:

Such an attack on the rule of law is conduct grossly unbefitting of an Attorney-General and a barrister.

Thank goodness Professor Triggs had the courage and integrity to stand her ground in the face of this extraordinary conduct by this bullying and cowardly Attorney-General, who ought to be defending her.

A government senator interjecting—

We know you are not defending her. We know you have never defended her. You have never defended her; you have never done the right thing. When was the last time you did the right thing, Senator Brandis?