What is up with all those who can't see the writing on the wall. Trigg was clearly politically motivated; she held off the report while Labor was in Government and 2000 children were in detention. Why is 200 now worse than 2000.

579 writes " The number of kids in detention on Nauru was lowered to appease the head count when numbers were being obtained. As soon as the inquiry had finalized the kids were transported back to Nauru from Darwin."

Prove it!

Politically
Obsessed
Individual
Reeling
Over
Tony

ConservativeHippie,

Wow!...you're a clever chappie!

It would seem, however, that moi is not the only one who believes Abbott is a hopelessly inept..nay...cringe-worthy leader.

It can't be easy to balls up a once-in-a-lifetime leadership opportunity like Tones has - he obviously has special talents.

May I ask, just how cretinous, embarrassing and downright hopeless does a PM have to be before you find him/her unacceptable?

There are numerous reports of kiddies being flung over to Nauru in the wake of the release of the report...will have "proof" when investigating pollies provide it

A Ballarat based Labor frontbencher has described last week's Human Rights Commission (HRC) report on children in detention as an indictment on both sides of politics. "This is not who we are as Australians and I know that the Labor Party in government, we did try to have a more compassionate policy and yes we did see a large number of boats and that did mean there were a lot of people in detention.
Children who were taken from Bladin Point Detention Centre were not provided with notice - they were removed from the centre, put on a plane and deported back to a place that has caused them serious mental and physical harm. Asked how many children had been moved to Nauru since the report’s release, as well as why they were removed, the Department of Immigration referred New Matilda to Minister Peter Dutton. His office had not responded to enquiries at the time of publication.
The United Nations has rushed to the defence of Gillian Triggs, urging the federal government to "respect the rule" of law in the protection of human rights and the Australian Human Rights Commission president's.
The UN joins a chorus of supporters for Professor Triggs after the government's ongoing attacks. About 50 human rights lawyers, the Law Council of Australia, the Bar Association and the Australian Council of Social Services have voiced their concern about the government's response to the findings, saying such attacks were a threat to democracy

From Poirot - May I ask, just how cretinous, embarrassing and downright hopeless does a PM have to be before you find him/her unacceptable?

I'm no fan of Tony Abbott although I still think he is better than your beloved Julia Gillard or even Rudd the Dudd. Both Abbott and Gillard proved to be liars and both are/were out of touch with the general populace. It a sad state of affairs when our options for Leaders are so poor. Shortland is a joke, Turnbull is no better. We need real charismatic leadership and neither Party has any to offer.

The big difference between us is I'm not obsessed. It appears you however cannot get your mind off Tony Abbott. Perhaps if you could admit that Labor did indeed make some serious errors of judgement we might find some common ground to agree on.

"The United Nations has rushed to the defence of Gillian Triggs, urging the federal government to "respect the rule" of law in the protection of human rights and the Australian Human Rights Commission president's.
The UN joins a chorus of supporters for Professor Triggs after the government's ongoing attacks. About 50 human rights lawyers, the Law Council of Australia, the Bar Association and the Australian Council of Social Services have voiced their concern about the government's response to the findings, saying such attacks were a threat to democracy."

What else would you expect from the most prestigious left wing organisation in the world.

The fact the UN is defending Gillian Triggs should be in itself the smoking gun that Triggs timing was politically motivated. Why can't you people see it for what it is?