Standoff between Brandis and solicitor-general threatens the rule of law

On Wednesday, a Senate committee took evidence in an inquiry investigating the issue of a direction from Attorney-General, George Brandis, to the solicitor-general, Justin Gleeson. By the end of the day, the shadow attorney-general, Mark Dreyfus, was calling on Brandis to resign for misleading parliament and lying to the Australian people, or for the prime minister to sack him. So what has Brandis done – or is alleged to have done – that has led to these calls? Read the full article on The Conversation