Our Attorney-General, Senator George Brandis, takes more than a little pride in painting himself as an old-fashioned classical liberal. Think of the great philosopher MP John Stuart Mill and you’ll have the general idea. That is the strand of right-of-centre politics with which Mr Brandis identifies. Yet when it comes to some of the big issues of the day, our Attorney-General’s liberal scorecard ain’t good.
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James Allan is professor of law at the University of Queensland and author of a forthcoming book on democracy in decline.
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