CANBERRA OBSERVED Triggs on the way out, but her weapon (18C) must go too

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has indicated that his Government remains intent on pursuing its defence of free speech agenda in the Australian Parliament in the face of a concerted but at times absurd campaign by the left to curb it. The highly partisan president of the Australian Human Rights Commission, Professor Gillian Triggs, has been told by the Prime Minister that her term will not be renewed when it expires next year. Gillian Triggs The move has been welcomed across the Coalition as a result of Professor Triggs’ ongoing mishandling of the commission’s briefs. Professor Triggs’ tenure has been plagued…