Senate debates

Wednesday, 9 November 2016

Questions without Notice

Attorney-General

2:14 pm

Photo of Louise PrattLouise Pratt (WA, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for the Environment, Climate Change and Water) Share this | Hansard source

I refer to the Humpty Dumpty precedent famously cited in the House of Lords decision Liversidge v Anderson, which provides:

"When I use a word," Humpty Dumpty said, in rather a scornful tone, "it means just what I choose it to mean, neither more nor less."

Does not this place deserve a little more respect than the Attorney General(Time expired)

Honourable senators interjecting —

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