Senate debates

Tuesday, 8 September 2015

Questions without Notice

Royal Commission on Trade Union Governance and Corruption

2:13 pm

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

For staff of a royal commission to give a witness an indication of the topics that will be covered in their examination is not coaching. Not only is it not coaching; it is utterly orthodox. When Mr Shorten—by the way, Senator Cameron, who did not approach the royal commission in a helpful way to offer information—was called as a witness before the royal commission— (Time expired)

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