Justice Robert Beech-Jones has accused the Samuel Griffith Society of a US-style attempt to stack the high court with conservatives, exposing a partisan rift in the process Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast High court justice Robert Beech-Jones started his speech at a Townsville resort and casino last month with a joke. “I was not really sure what to talk about. So I picked up the conference brochure and discovered that I was talking about contemporary issues and the high court, which is not a bad place to start,” he told the North Queensland Law Association Conference.