My question is to the Prime Minister. In the past week the Prime Minister has repeatedly defended Dyson Heydon AC QC by referring to comments made by Julian Burnside QC. Is the Prime Minister aware of comments made by Mr Burnside today? He said:

It seems to me that an honourable person in his position would step down. … I would say I was misrepresented because Mr Abbott seems to have used my comment in support of Dyson Heydon not standing down.