Senator BRANDIS (Queensland—Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate, Vice-President of the Executive Council, Minister for Arts and Attorney-General) (14:17): Senator Conroy, I would not expect you to know this, but Justice Dyson Heydon is one of the most eminent and respected lawyers in this country. You are, in your customary manner, smearing and besmirching the reputation of a man with a stainless reputation for impartiality and integrity—a man who has been a Justice of the High Court of Australia; a man who has been a member of the New South Wales Court of Appeal; a man who has been a leader of the New South Wales bar— Senator Conroy: He is a Liberal Party stooge! The PRESIDENT: Senator Conroy! Senator Brandis: He is a man whom every person in the legal profession in this country knows is a person of absolute independence, fierce independence, and complete impartiality. I would not have expected you to know, but I would have expected better of the shadow Attorney-General, Mr Dreyfus, who should know that, who does know that, but nevertheless chose to take the low road in smearing this eminent Australian. Senator Cameron: He is a political puppet! That is what he is. The PRESIDENT: On my left!