MARK DREYFUS MP

The Turnbull Government's plan for a National Redress Scheme for survivors of institutional child sexual abuse has been thrown into doubt.

In another sign of Malcolm Turnbull's inability to control the right wing of his party, former Prime Minister Tony Abbott has this morning made an outrageous set of statements about Section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act and the Australian Human Rights Commission.

After all of the blustering, posturing and lying, it has come to this George Brandis has reversed his own Legal Services Direction, which limited the role of the Solicitor-General to such an extent that it forced Justin Gleeson to resign.

The final report delivered today by the Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee into the gross maltreatment of former Solicitor-General Justin Gleeson has shown, once again, that Senator Brandis is not fit to hold the office of Attorney-General.

The announcement of a parliamentary inquiry today into section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act shows just how weak Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's leadership is.

Last night the Senate voted down Malcolm Turnbull's $200 million wasteful, hurtful, divisive plebiscite on marriage equality.

Malcolm Turnbull has once again demonstrated his inability to stand up to the far right of his party, signalling this morning that he will support a Parliamentary inquiry into Section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act.

Federal Labor has concerns about the Turnbull Government's proposed opt-in redress scheme for survivors of child sexual abuse.

George Brandis's hear no evil, see no evil approach to his day job of Attorney-General continues to defy believeability.

The government must immediately come clean on what and when it knew about the potential invalidity of Bob Day's election to the Australian Senate.