Anthony Chisholm (Queensland, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Attorney-General, Senator Brandis. I refer to the Prime Minister's statement yesterday that the conflict:

… appears to be a legal difference of opinion between the Solicitor-General and the Attorney-General.

What is the cause of this breakdown in the relationship between the Attorney-General and the Solicitor-General? Is the validity of the Legal Services Amendment (Solicitor-General Opinions) Direction 2016 the only legal difference of opinion between the Attorney-General and the Solicitor-General?