Student slams Gillian Triggs' Human Rights Commission over handling of 18C race hate case

By Michael Koziol
Updated January 23 2017 - 9:18pm, first published 9:02pm
Human Rights Commission president Gillian Triggs says there has been misinformation about the QUT case. Photo: Andrew Meares
Human Rights Commission president Gillian Triggs says there has been misinformation about the QUT case. Photo: Andrew Meares
"A shambles": QUT student Calum Thwaites took aim at the Human Rights Commission and its president Gillian Triggs.
"A shambles": QUT student Calum Thwaites took aim at the Human Rights Commission and its president Gillian Triggs.
Liberal senator James Paterson said Calum Thwaites' testimony "deserves to be taken very seriously". Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Liberal senator James Paterson said Calum Thwaites' testimony "deserves to be taken very seriously". Photo: Alex Ellinghausen

The student at the centre of a racial vilification lawsuit that sparked fresh debate about free speech laws has accused the Australian Human Rights Commission of causing chaos and distress in its "poor" handling of the complaint against him.

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