and,

"Retired judge who criticised chief justice Tim Carmody to review Queensland's anti-bikie laws

A vocal critic of Queensland's Chief Justice has been appointed to head a taskforce that includes representatives from police and the Queensland Law Society, to review the state's Vicious Lawless Association Disestablishment (VLAD) laws.

In March, Justice Alan Wilson compared Chief Justice Tim Carmody to an orchestra conductor who did not have the respect of his musicians.

He said his criticism of Justice Carmody would not impact on his review of the VLAD laws. which the Chief Justice was seen to support."..
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-06-11/taskforce-head-appointed-to-review-queenslands-anti-bikie-laws/6539228

It is obviously different, sauce for the goose is not sauce for the gander, where the easily-organised baying mob of leftists are concerned. If the boot was on the other foot in Queensland Labor and their treacherous Greens sidekicks would be screaming blue murder.

The upshot of all this is that the unions have had some weeks of being
under Dyson's examination but the only bias complaint they could find
was that last year he had intended to give a law lecture to Liberal party lawyers.

Seems to me he should have been giving it to Labour party lawyers,
I suspect they may need it more than the Liberals.

It is hard to avoid the conclusion that it is a desperate attempt to
escape examination. Another commissioner may really be biased, or are
they hoping to stall it long enough for the next election.

Dear Bazz,

The worry however is that the Justice claims
to have "overlooked" certain things about
the Liberal Party Event when he apparently was
invited to speak and accepted.
This does not bode well for a Royal Commission.
If he "overlooked" things in this event - what
else is he capable of "overlooking" in the
Royal Commission?

His position is not looking tenable.

Foxy why does clutching and straws come to mind ?

Dear Bazz,

It's all a matter of perception.

The Justice will make his decision
on Tuesday as to how he is perceived
and whether he wants to risk his credibility.

Foxy, the judge is between a rock & a hard place.
If he stands down the mob will cry "We told you so !".
and he will be taken as biased.

If he thinks that would be an admission of bias as charged by someone
who has something to gain.

If this becomes the fashion then where will it lead ?
It will work its way down the court system to less important cases.
Dig up something about the judge, belongs to the wrong football club
or whatever.

"I am just a worker and he once met the Liberal PM."

Bit of a stretch but ----