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Speaking Up

Author :  Triggs, Gillian

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Country
Australia
Publisher
Melbourne University Press, Australia
ISBN 9780522876789
Format PaperBack
Language English
Year of Publication 2020
Bib. Info 312 pages
Categories DU - Oceania (South Seas)
Product Weight 445 gms.
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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. How did this aspiring ballet dancer, dignified daughter of a tank commander and eminent law academic respond when appreciative passengers on a full airplane departing Canberra greeted her with a round of applause? Speaking Up shares with readers the values that have guided Triggs' convictions and the causes she has championed. She dares women to be a little vulgar and men to move beyond their comfort zones to achieve equity for all. And she will not rest until Australia has a Bill of Rights. Triggs' passionate memoir is an irresistible call to everyone who yearns for a fairer world.

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