Speaking Up / Gillian Triggs.
Publisher: Carlton, Victoria : Melbourne University Press, 2018Edition: 1stDescription: 300 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), portraits (some colour), plates (some colour) ; 24 cmContent type:- still image
- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0522873510
- 9780522873511
- Gillian Triggs : speaking up
- Triggs, Gillian D. (Gillian Doreen), 1945-
- Triggs, Gillian D. (Gillian Doreen), 1945- -- Biography
- Biography: general
- Politics & government
- Human rights advocacy -- Australia
- Autobiographies
- Mark & Evette Moran Nib Literary Award 2019 Nomination
- National human rights institutions -- Australia
- National human rights institutions - Australia
- Triggs, Gillian D. (Gillian Doreen), 1945-
- Human rights workers -- Australia -- Biography
- Women human rights workers - Australia - Biography
- Women human rights workers -- Australia -- Biography
- Civil rights lawyers -- Australia -- Biography
- Human rights workers - Australia - Biography
- Lawyers -- Australia -- Biography
- Women lawyers -- Australia -- Biography
- Civil rights lawyers
- Human rights workers
- Lawyers
- Australia
- Australian
- 323.092 23
Contents:
Summary: "As president of the Human Rights Commission, Gillian Triggs advocated for the disempowered, the disenfranchised, the marginalised. She withstood relentless political pressure and media scrutiny as she defended the defenceless for five tumultuous years..."--Inside front cover.
1. Finding my voice -- 2. Speaking truth to power -- 3. Tyranny of distance -- 4. Speaking to be heard -- 5. Offend, insult, intimidate or humiliate -- 6. Tours of duty -- 7. Stop the boats -- 8. Love is love -- 9. Special measures -- 10. The time is now.
Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Book | Jessie Street National Women's Library General Stacks | 323.092 TRI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available for reference in the library and ILL | 68151 |
Illustration on endpapers.
Includes index.
1. Finding my voice -- 2. Speaking truth to power -- 3. Tyranny of distance -- 4. Speaking to be heard -- 5. Offend, insult, intimidate or humiliate -- 6. Tours of duty -- 7. Stop the boats -- 8. Love is love -- 9. Special measures -- 10. The time is now.
"As president of the Human Rights Commission, Gillian Triggs advocated for the disempowered, the disenfranchised, the marginalised. She withstood relentless political pressure and media scrutiny as she defended the defenceless for five tumultuous years..."--Inside front cover.
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