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

The legislation will operate according to its terms. The legislation was not introduced into the parliament and is not being discussed tonight with any individual person in mind. The legislation is designed to declare that certain consequences may follow from certain categories of conduct which are inconsistent with allegiance to Australia. Senator Xenophon, in order to reassure you of that, might I remind you that the submissions to the International Court of Justice by Mr Gleeson, from which you have read, were made some while ago, I think in early 2014—