The other day I went to an unusual but worthwhile election event. The international law firm Norton Rose Fulbright had a debate between Mark Dreyfus, the Attorney-General, and George Brandis, the shadow attorney-general, and a good slice of Sydney’s legal cognoscenti was present. I have to admit they both did well, which is what you would expect, but Brandis had to show he would be a competent A-G and he did this overwhelmingly.