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.http://www.canberratimes.com.au/comment/why-george-brandis-could-be-the-first-man-overboard-20150611-ghjucq dash that confounded black scourge ..... oh, & Man Haron Monis, to boot Brandis has nothing but arrogance for the people, and the parliament. .......... rhyme without reason. Here was an Attorney General who, despite his onerous responsibilities at the fulcrum of the war on terrorism, wanted it known he did not have a worry in the world. Certainly there was no sense of him being vexed by his own department's bungled handling of correspondence with the Martin Place siege gunman, Man Haron Monis. Nor, as would be revealed the next day, that parliament had been misled over it, necessitating an embarrassing correction of the record. The incident fits into a pattern of political snafus and has fuelled speculation that the nation's first law officer could become the most senior political casualty of a mooted pre-election reshuffle towards the end of this year. Although, he might be pipped in that dubious distinction by the increasingly plausible demise of an even bigger scalp, that of Treasurer Joe Hockey. 'An anthology of Australian poetry' helps to keep the Attorney-General George Brandis amused, during a typically dull Senate estimates hearing on Thursday. Brandis brushes up on bush poetry in estimates maybe some Poetic justice is required for his attitude "Brandis has failed miserably. On his watch we have seen a marked increase in the power of the executive over the individual and the courts. " Greg Barnes http://www.canberratimes.com.au/comment/why-george-brandis-could-be-the-first-man-overboard-20150611-ghjucq