Hail to the man of the moment

As it stands, his ‘close friendship’ with three former chief justices, while they were in power, have raised a lot of questions on the integrity of the judiciary.

And his testimony in the royal commission has raised a lot of doubt on his own integrity.

Whatever happens with the inquiry, one-liners such as:

• ‘It looks like me and sounds like me’,
• ‘I don’t remember’,
• ‘I don’t recall’,
• ‘I was bullshitting and bragging’,
• ‘I speak easily when I have had wine’

look set to remain in the memory of people for a long time.

It is amazing how one person could have had so much of influence in the judiciary.

Or is it just the tip of the iceberg?