Just for something a little different, and a little more pissed off, here's something slightly removed from the Queensland Election. You may have noticed some headlines recently about Human Rights Commission chairperson Gillian Triggs. If you read the Murdoch press, especially the Australian, they will be hysterical. Gillian Triggs backs Indonesian Wife Killer Detainee Tony Abbott blasts Gillian Triggs over wife killer John Basikbasik Gillian Triggs' advice a 'betrayal' of women The Guardian is more, well, guarded. Abbott attacks Gillian Triggs over call to free convicted refugee John Basikbasik You may notice that even though Triggs is far from a household name the headlines - even in the Guardian - use her name not her title. I wonder why that would be? A quick summary of the story. John Basikbasik is a West Papuan refugee who arrived in Australia by boat (actually, by canoe) in 1985. He was granted a protection visa on the basis of his co
'Contemplating the teeming life of the shore, we have an uneasy sense of the communication of some universal truth that lies just beyond our grasp.' - Rachel Carson