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

Senator Conroy, I am aware that the royal commissioner, Mr Heydon, was schedule to deliver the Garfield Barwick address at a function arranged by the New South Wales Legal Practitioners Branch of the Liberal Party. That function is a public function; it is not a political function. Senator Conroy, the fact that it is inconceivable to you that a function organised by people from the Liberal Party could be anything other than a purely political function shows the one-dimensional world in which you live. Let me give you an example.