The shadow attorney general, Mark Dreyfus, has written to Malcolm Turnbull asking that he stop George Brandis from participating in the scrutiny of votes in the crucial Herbert recount this week. “Labor scrutineers advise that the attorney general took a very active personal role in the scrutiny. “You are no doubt also aware that, quite extraordinarily, the attorney general, Senator Brandis has been participating in the scrutiny of votes in the seat of Herbert. On Sunday Dreyfus sent a letter to the prime minister asking him to stop the attorney general from having any further involvement in the vote recount. Brandis has been acting as a Liberal party scrutineer at the counting centre in Townsville, overseeing the sorting and counting of votes and checking for irregularities.

Source: The Guardian July 23, 2016 21:57 UTC