Hi Graham,

I suppose it depends on the way you look at things.
Perhaps it was her determination to keep on doing
her job and speaking out despite the attacks to
silence her that could qualify as standing up for
free speech under pressure so to speak. After all
it is actions that count not opinions. I'm sure
you'll agree.

I suspect the lefties would think she qualifies for Australian of the year.

The ongoing frenzied behaviour of the Left seems finally to have flipped the balance of their tiny minds. A Nobel peace prize for the North Korean lunatic next?

No. I think a knighthood may be in the works
for one of our hopeful (hanging on for dear life)
esteemed politicians.

They only hand out knighthoods in countries like the UK, PNG and NZ Foxy, and we don't allow dual citizenship in pollies, so I'm not sure who you have in mind.

I have a problem finding anything that Gillian Triggs has stood up for, apart from her own affrontery. She has mislead parliamentary inquiries, and been quite incompetent in the running of the HRC. To characterise that as standing up for free speech is ridiculous.

Next time MT stands up for misleading the public, will you be arguing for him to receive a free speech accolade?

Hi Graham,

Perhaps the following link may help clarify the Knights
and Dames of the Order of Australia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Knights_and_Dames_of_the_Order_of_Australia

This other link explains why attacking Prof. Gillian Triggs is
wrong:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-01-21/bradley-triggs-and-human-rights-why-attacking-her-is-wrong/6030256

We are told that Prof. Triggs conclusions on particular cases
are open to debate. However I agree with the statement that
the personal criticism that she's copped is undeserved.
Especially from a government and its members that are supposed
to be objective and recognise the independence of the Australian
Human Rights Commission and its President since
the AHRC has no power to do more than investigate and recommend.