Tense start to Senate inquiry into @AusHumanRights. Professor Gillian Triggs and senator Ian Macdonald at odds over Bill Leak case. #auspol
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Senator MacDonald refused to allow Professor Triggs to make an opening statement on whether she misled the Senate over Leak case.
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Professor Triggs said Senator MacDonald was repeating false allegations based on inaccurate and misleading information. #auspol
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Senator MacDonald accuses Professor Triggs of hiding behind technical words. "The ordinary meaning of words," interjects
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We've moved onto amending 18C, and whether people have the right to be bigots, with questions to Attorney-General George Brandis.
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