Reverend Fred Nile 'strongly in support' of reinstating Queen's Counsel title for silks

By Michaela Whitbourn
Updated May 23 2015 - 1:25am, first published 12:15am
Reverend Fred Nile said the abolition of the title of QC more than two decades ago was part of an agenda of "sneaking republicanism". Photo: Chris Pearce
Reverend Fred Nile said the abolition of the title of QC more than two decades ago was part of an agenda of "sneaking republicanism". Photo: Chris Pearce
A push to reinstate the title of Queen's Counsel for senior barristers in NSW has been criticised by the Labor Opposition and the Greens. Photo: James Davies
A push to reinstate the title of Queen's Counsel for senior barristers in NSW has been criticised by the Labor Opposition and the Greens. Photo: James Davies

A push to reinstate the title of Queen's Counsel for senior barristers in NSW has been criticised by the Labor Opposition and the Greens as a retrograde step, but a powerful crossbencher says he is "strongly in favour" of the move.

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