When he issued the previous decision Judge Kelly lectured the government lawyer to notify him immediately if Hawke was going to take any action. I’m thinking he might not be too happy to have to spend his weekend on this after Hawke’s juvenile stunt of waiting until Friday evening. And why didn’t Hawke give some more substantive ground for his action? I think he expects and maybe wants to be overruled, and he did this 100% for political reasons.
He's not really supposed to. His personal power to overrule under the act is meant to be done only on very simple grounds. Overcomplicating would not be appropriate.
I think he expects and maybe wants to be overruled, and he did this 100% for political reasons.
He's a politician, so I wouldn't rule anything out. Like I say, it's going to be interesting to see what happens next.