A ruling has been made and all should abide by it.

As a layperson I would have to say that some of the attacks on the Royal Commission and by people who should know better could fall under this provision of the relevant Act,

<ROYAL COMMISSIONS ACT 1902 - SECT 6O

Contempt of Royal Commission
(1) Any person who intentionally insults or disturbs a Royal Commission, or interrupts the proceedings of a Royal Commission, or uses any insulting language towards a Royal Commission, or by writing or speech uses words false and defamatory of a Royal Commission, or is in any manner guilty of any intentional contempt of a Royal Commission, shall be guilty of an offence.

Penalty: Two hundred dollars, or imprisonment for three months.

(2) If the President or Chair of a Royal Commission or the sole Commissioner is a Justice of the High Court, or a Judge of any other Federal Court, of the Supreme Court of a Territory or of the Supreme Court or County Court or District Court of a State, he or she shall, in relation to any offence against subsection (1) of this section committed in the face of the Commission, have all the powers of a Justice of the High Court sitting in open Court in relation to a contempt committed in face of the Court, except that any punishment inflicted shall not exceed the punishment provided by subsection (1) of this section.>

No mention of any of that by the 'fact-checking'(?!) taxpayer-funded national broadcaster though.

Attorney-General George Brandis said Dyson Heydon is the "right" man for the job he will "forensically" go through the "evidence". Is this the same Dyson Heydon who claims he does not know how to read an e-mail on a computer, or open an attachment! Can he feed himself?

When you see Dyson reading notes in front of him, he is seeing if the answers line up with what he has in front of him. Where did he get that information from. Why was Gillard questioned. A lame duck excuse was given. He said he did not believe that she did not know the money for renovations was tainted . [ That was Dysons opinion ] Nothing proved.
Shorten was said to be a non compliant witness. [ again Dysons opinion }
How much reliance is put into an opinion.

Perceived bias was disregarded by Dyson, It will always remain, as it can not be seen or touched. It was dysons verdict that perceived bias will not happen. [ Dysons opinion ] Is it believable or not.

The RC must continue, at least it must be seen to be fair, or else it will forever have a cloud hanging over it. Shorten gave the ok to select another Commissioner, but as yet it has not been accepted. If Abbott was any sort of a leader he would have saved the peace and Picked another Commissioner.

Public opinion will carry more weight than a self judged person.

yep and many involved with the Child abuse RC are Catholic haters. The left are pathetic.

doog,

There is no way that Abbott or any other political leader can replace or remove a Royal Commissioner. I am surprised that the Commissioner hasn't already sought jail for some Labor politicians and union leaders for contempt of the Commission. Those bozos are as ignorant as you are about the legalities of Royal Commissions.

Something to think about.

One columnist writes that big corporations are as worried about Dyson Heydon as the unions are. If the Commissioner continues digging, the extent to which some corporations are funding unions to block industrial reforms will be out in the open.