Louise Pratt (WA, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for the Environment, Climate Change and Water) Share this | Hansard source

I refer to the Humpty Dumpty precedent famously cited in the House of Lords decision Liversidge v Anderson, which provides:

"When I use a word," Humpty Dumpty said, in rather a scornful tone, "it means just what I choose it to mean, neither more nor less."

Does not this place deserve a little more respect than the Attorney General(Time expired)

Honourable senators interjecting —