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

The Law Council of Australia, with which I am very familiar, and whose current president, Mr Colbran, is a personal friend of mine, encompasses all the lawyers in Australia, of whom there are tens of thousands. As you would expect, among tens of thousands of people one would expect a wide variety of views. There are some among those tens of thousands who disagree with the special intelligence operation. There are many who would agree with it. But the government does not agree with the view expressed by the Law Council.