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

I would have to check the precise date, but it was, as I said in response to a question yesterday, in 2016.

Senator Wong interjecting—

I said that yesterday, Senator Wong. It was in 2016. As I sad to you yesterday, I was approached by the Solicitor-General at the end of 2015 for a meeting to discuss the issue. We had that meeting on 30 November, during the course of which I consulted the Solicitor-General and I also invited the Solicitor-General to put in writing his ideas, which he did some 14 weeks later in a document I received in March 2016. On the basis of both what had been said at the meeting of 30 November and what had been put to me in writing in the March 2016 document, I made certain decisions, I took certain advice from my department, an instrument was issued and the Solicitor-General was given a copy of it.