Professor William Binchy:

Undoubtedly - and it is fair to say I am referring to the general thrust of the evidence presented to the joint committee - the position mentioned by the Deputy does not represent by any means the majority view that the Deputy heard expressed yesterday.

Senator Crown said, in an interesting rhetorical way, that what we are talking about was a constitutional coup. I believe he put some effort into thinking of that word. With respect to Senator Crown, it is not a very fair word.