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The wild record of Gillian Triggs

Why has Gillian Triggs not resigned as head of the Human Rights Commission that she’s trashed? Her commission should defend our human rights, not destroy them. Then there's her astonishing record of saying things that just aren't so.

Gillian Triggs
Gillian Triggs

WHY has Gillian Triggs not resigned as head of the Human Rights Commission that she’s trashed?

Her commission should defend our human rights. But under the former law academic, it does not defend one of our most critical rights — free speech.

It has denounced as racist a cartoon by The Australian’s Bill Leak and invited complaints under the Racial Discrimination Act, which has happened.

 This incitement to use the law to censor debate is appalling. But what of Triggs herself?

Here are highlights of the case against her.

 (Read full column here.)

Originally published as The wild record of Gillian Triggs

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Original URL: https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/blogs/andrew-bolt/the-wild-record-of-gillian-triggs/news-story/cd04dd36828a92426fd258eecb56fdc6