Senator BRANDIS (Queensland—Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate, Vice-President of the Executive Council, Minister for Arts and Attorney-General) (15:30): It is important because the High Court is the final arbiter of legality in this country, and no minister of this government will do what ministers of the previous government did and attack decisions of the High Court and attack members of the High Court by name when a decision is resolved against the executive. In the Malaysia solution case, the then Prime Minister, Ms Gillard— Opposition senators interjecting— The PRESIDENT: Order! Senator Brandis, you are entitled to be heard in silence. Senator BRANDIS: The then Prime Minister, Ms Gillard, shamefully attacked the integrity of the Chief Justice, and an unnamed senior member of the cabinet allowed himself to be quoted in the newspapers as saying: … Robert French has zero credibility. That was a disgraceful thing to do, and it was disgraceful that the then Attorney-General stood by and allowed it to be done. This government will always respect the authority of the High Court and its members.