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

The Commonwealth of Australia was not even a party to these proceedings until it intervened on 30 March 2016. These proceedings were conducted in the name of Bell Group creditor companies, funded by litigation funders, with which the Commonwealth of Australia had no involvement whatsoever and of which it had no knowledge whatsoever. Why would the Commonwealth of Australia have knowledge of litigation, initiated by private parties, to which it was not joined?