A petition calling for President of the Human Rights Commissions Professor Gillian Triggs to resign has gained more than 4000 signatures, but when followed to its source, it looks like the usual suspects are at work. After reports accusing Triggs of misleading parliament, the website “gilliantriggsmustresign.com” popped up, with no mention of who actually started the petition.
It looks like, though, it was started last Friday on the conservative opinion website, Menzies House, which is run by Liberal campaigner Tim Andrews.
Triggs had claimed her comments to a journalist from The Saturday Paper claiming Triggs could “destroy” parliamentarians questioning her were manufactured. The publication claimed otherwise, and Triggs backtracked. In a letter published to the parliamentary committee on Friday, Triggs said she accepts the assurances from the editor of The Saturday Paper that the quotes were accurate.
Andrews has fronted an assortment of petitions, including a recent crowdfunding campaign to help former Family First Senator Bob Day pay off the money owed by Day’s building companies. As the executive director of the Australian Taxpayer’s Alliance, Andrews has been involved in both Australian and international political advocacy. He also serves as a board member for the Australian Libertarian Society and H.R. Nicholls Society.
I signed as soon as I heard about it.My “usual suspects” are quite different to yours.They are the ABC/SBS/Fairfax/Guardian/Usual Suspects alliance (Burnside,Triggs,Bornstein,Marr,Manne.Rintoul,Curr,Soutphommasane,Hanson-Young,McKim and all those Soviet sounding refugee,alliances,action committees,etc).If it’s ok by Crikey to have a “usual suspect” like GetUp launching left inspired petitions it’s fine for the Taxpayers Alliance as well.We got rid of Gleeson,2 more labor plants to go.
Good one Nigel…if Australia had more well-informed patriots like you, the LNP could make an even bigger mess of the country. Wanker.
Thanks for your “well-informed” reply.The mess started in “Kevin07″,followed by the Gillard/Green nightmare,leaving Australia with time bombs of spiraling debt and deficits.Thanks for voting for that..”patriot”.
As I read this I wondered about what sort of tosser would want to sign this sort of crap petition produced by the Australian Tax-avoiders Alliance.
Then I read the comments and there’s one right here.
Hey Nigel, you go back to Rupertville and have a nice time,we’ve had much better conservative crusaders than the pitiful likes of you offer their opinions here for years now. Occasionally they could put up a bit of a case for their side, you are just so bloody ridiculous you’re making things worse each time you write.
Go away, stop wasting your time.