Attorney-General George Brandis has pre-empted his opponents in the Senate by rescinding his controversial direction that all requests to the Solicitor-General for advice must go through him.

After a scathing report from the non-government majority on a Senate inquiry into the events surrounding Brandis issuing the direction, the Senate numbers were there for it to be disallowed.

The report found that Brandis had not undertaken the required consultation with then Solicitor-General Justin Gleeson - who resigned over the affair - and called for the Attorney-General’s censure. The government minority backed Brandis, who has always maintained he did adequately consult Gleeson. The Senate numbers are not there for a censure.

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