Dear Bazz,

He's very widely regarded as one of the finest
legal minds in the state and has a well-earned
reputation for fairness and decency.

I'm sure that he will make the right decision.

I can't help wondering though - had he been on
a Royal Commission investigating Liberal Party
rorts and he'd been invited to speak at a Labor
Party dinner giving a talk about Lionel Murphy -
what the fuss have been the same or worse?

Foxy I don't doubt some would have complained even if he had declined.

However I suspect even you would doubt it would have anything like
the venom and abuse we have seen here and now.

Dear Bazz,

Every Forum of political and social debate
attracts its share of trolls and bullies.
OLO is not exception as we've both seen over
the years.

Err Foxy, I did not mean the abuse on here, I meant the abuse in parliament, in door stops and in the media.

Heydon has reserved his decision on an application by unions to disqualify himself from the inquiry - and now will not be delivering his ruling on Tuesday.

Dear Bazz,

That's too depressing for me - to even think about
at present.