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Lack of same sex protection

2 September 2017

9:00 AM

2 September 2017

9:00 AM

The (thankfully) former president of the Australian Human Rights Commission Gillian Triggs suggested recently that the same-sex marriage debate was taking place in a ‘post-truth’ climate and disputed claims there were insufficient protections for freedom of speech and religion.

On the first point, Triggs is completely right. But in making the second point Triggs is engaging in a bit of post-truth of her own.

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