The debate about needle supply to heroin addicts is an indulgence led by `liberal morons', according to America's most popular television judge.

`No point talking about how best to approach the problem since the solution is simple,' said Judge Judy Sheindlin during her lunchtime speech yesterday.

`Give 'em dirty needles and let 'em die,' she said.

The audience at Brisbane's Carlton Crest breathed a collective `yes' and a cheer went up around the room.

The fast-talking Brooklyn-born dynamo is touring her forthright opinions around the country to promote her book, Beauty Fades, Dumb Is Forever.

`I don't understand why we think it's important to keep them alive,' she said.