Jacqui Lambie (Tasmania, Jacqui Lambie Network) Share this | Hansard source

The people of Tasmania would like to know: What sort of time line are we looking at out here? Do you think it will be before the next election, before Christmas or before Easter next year? There's a bit of a bog going on down there, so how long do you think these families, if you don't mind showing them respect, will have to wait for that judge to be replaced? Can I just have a time line? I think that's a fair ask. That's my first question. My second question relates to the Attorney-General. If the Attorney-General doesn't have time, if the Attorney-General can't do it in a timely fashion, then let the legal people in Tasmania pick the judge themselves. Can that be done since you can't tell me the steps that you have to take, anyway, to pick one? Why don't you just let the people of Tasmania do that?