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

Senator Conroy, I would not expect you to know this, but Justice Dyson Heydon is one of the most eminent and respected lawyers in this country. You are, in your customary manner, smearing and besmirching the reputation of a man with a stainless reputation for impartiality and integrity—a man who has been a Justice of the High Court of Australia; a man who has been a member of the New South Wales Court of Appeal; a man who has been a leader of the New South Wales bar—