I watched the recent Q&A program (re the Magna Carta) featuring Federal Parliamentary Bronwyn Bishop and Human Rights Commissioner Gillian Triggs.

What I noticed was that there was a strong element that Gillian Triggs is very professional in her conduct and speech, despite some of the vile some people have thrown at her in the past. Note this was the first time I had seen and heard her.

Gillian was concerned about human rights of all, including that of Bronwyn Bishop - not just pushing a party political line.

Sorry Bronwyn Bishop (and the Labor Party for that matter) you are not getting my vote. I'm not going to let a few people who commit crime to dominate my personal life or that of others.

Nathan,

Being "very professional in her conduct and speech" doesn't mean a thing. Adolf Hitler was a very professional orator, and he swayed millions to his way of thinking.

Triggs has brought her office into disrepute, politicised it, and acted in a partisan manner. She has also made shocking, unprincipled claims against the detention of illegal arrivals which have been proven to be maliciously false. She sat on her hands while Labor lost control of our borders: she didn't say boo to drowings and complete disappearances of boatloads of people. No, she waited until the Coalition came to power, and she has maliciously hounded them ever since. The woman is a menace. You are able to choose not to vote for Bishop, but there is nothing you or anyone else can do to get rid of Triggs and to stop her abusing her office.

Nathan, perhaps you can vote for the Clive Palmer Party, we all know what a man of the people good old Clive is. The Greens might be another good option for you, being a vegetarian.

Dear Nathan,

I also watched "Q and A," on Monday night
and witnessed the "impartiality expert,"
the Speaker of the House in Palriament -
Bronwyn Bishop's attack on the Human Rights
Commissioner - Gillian Triggs. It was shameful,
but understandable coming from such a staunch
Liberal Party supporter as the Speaker.

However, the Human Rights Commissioner -
Gillian Triggs was more than capable
of replying to the attack and she did so very
well in her usual classy style. She
explained that she was an independent statutory
officer whose job it was to act according to the
rule of law. Which is precisely what she did with
her report on children in detention.

She explained
that there were many reports written when Labor was
in power - and presented to the government at that time.
Her current report was always due in 2013 - she had
no way of knowing which government would be in power
so she just went ahead with the job and presented the report
by its due date. She made it quite clear
that the report was retrospective - also covering
the time under Labor. It was not aimed at the current
government and was not political but objective.
The rule of law was followed to the letter. Gillian Triggs
was merely doing her job.

Of course any criticism of the current government's
policies and actions are always seen as being "political"
by members of the Liberal Party. Hence the attacks on
Gillian Triggs. One would think that their concern would
be about the children. Their plight was what the report
was drawing attention to. Neither party fared well under
the report.

Things did not end well for Julia Gillard and Labor.
It's becoming hard to see it ending any differently for
Mr Abbott and the Liberal Party and tactics like those
displayed by Ms Bronwyn Bishop on Monday night in full
view of the public does not help matters.

It only confirms the image of the Liberal Party being -
nasty, punitive, and out of touch.

Foxy,

What? You, of all people, suggesting that Bronwyn Bishop or anyone else should be impartial. LOL. But, of course, you were defending a woman who publicly lied about conditions in a detention centre, and also claimed the presence of armed guards - also proven to be false. A woman who also thinks that sceeching in an upper class falsetto, "I'm a lawyer", excuses anything she does. I suppose that if you have the gall to do that, you would be blissfully unaware of your hypocrisy in expecting niceties in others you do not have in youself.

NathanJ

one day you will wake up to the fact that people who are paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to care don't necessarily do so. Being 'professional' as someone paid huge amounts of money does not equate to anything. People who truely care about things put their own money where their mouth is. Many regressives put tax payer money where they want to promote their cause or ideology.