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

He points to the meeting on 30 November at which time no such instrument was contemplated or in existence. There was no obligation to consult under the act at the time. Senator Brandis has very conveniently pointed back to that meeting to try to construe that he had in some way consulted the Solicitor-General. The Solicitor-General, as the evidence before our committee has shown, was never ever informed of the Attorney-General's intention to issue the instrument. (Time expired)