'This was an extremely unusual case': Gillian Triggs defends handling of controversial race-hate complaint

By Michael Koziol
Updated February 17 2017 - 6:21pm, first published 5:50pm
Australian Human Rights Commission president Gillian Triggs at a committee hearing in December. Photo: Andrew Meares
Australian Human Rights Commission president Gillian Triggs at a committee hearing in December. Photo: Andrew Meares

Human Rights Commission president Gillian Triggs has vigorously defended her handling of a controversial case at the centre of the push to overhaul Australia's racial discrimination laws, taking aim at "misinformation in some parts of the media".

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