The Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) received a 25 per cent boost to its funding, between June 2010 and June 2013, from the previous federal Labor government, according to the AHRC’s annual reports. An outspoken champion of free speech, Tim Wilson, was appointed by the Coalition Government last December to the Australian Human Rights Commission, a body he once wished to abolish. AHRC president Gillian Triggs Attorney-General George Brandis said that the appointment of Wil…
