Derryn Hinch (Victoria, Derryn Hinch's Justice Party) Share this | Hansard source

I move:

That the Senate take note of the comments of the Attorney-General when representing the Prime Minister this afternoon.

Earlier today the Attorney-General was on Sky News, speaking to Peter van Onselen and defending the Prime Minister's comment that the High Court 'will' make a judgement in favour of Barnaby Joyce. The Prime Minister said in the House yesterday:

The Leader of the National Party, the Deputy Prime Minister, is qualified to sit in this House, and the High Court will so hold.

'Will so hold.' It was not 'in my opinion, the High Court will do this'—not anything like that—