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Furthermore on Julian Burnside regarding Heydon:
"The man Prime Minister Tony Abbott cited to defend the embattled head of the royal commission into union corruption actually thinks Dyson Heydon should stand aside.
I think an honourable person caught in that position would step aside
Mr Abbott on Friday relied on comments from one of the Coalition's most strident critics, barrister and human rights advocate Julian Burnside, that Mr Heydon was "an honourable person" to deflect criticism of Mr Hedyon's decision to speak at a Liberal Party fundraiser.
Mr Burnside made the observation on Thursday evening when stating that Mr Heydon, a retired High Court judge, would never have knowingly agreed to speak at a party fundraiser.
But in comments that undermine Mr Abbott's defence, he appeared not to be aware that Mr Burnside had already on Friday expanded on his assessment of Mr Heydon, saying "Heydon is an honourable man. I give him the benefit of the doubt. Maybe he is honourable enough to step down."
"Mr Abbott on Friday described Mr Heydon as a man of "the utmost integrity".
"Someone who knows him very well and who's no great friend of this government Julian Burnside QC, has said this morning that he's a man of honour, and he is a man of honour," Mr Abbott said.
Mr Burnside told Fairfax Media that as a man of honour Mr Heydon should resign.
"I think an honourable person caught in that position would step aside," he said."
http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/lawyer-who-tony-abbott-relied-on-to-defend-dyson-heydon-actually-says-royal-commissioner-should-quit-20150814-giz9vc.html