Just when the federal government thought it had rid itself of its Triggs issue, she's back. Former Australian Human Rights Commission president Gillian Triggs has emerged as one of the headliners in a new marriage equality campaign.

Just three working days since finishing her five-year, trouble-prone stint at the AHRC, during which she waged controversial battles with the government over its human rights record particularly its treatment of asylum seekers, Triggs has emerged as one of the drivers of Two People: a movement of Australian lawyers pushing for same-sex marriage legislation.