'You can wait to be a pig then': sparks fly between senators at hearing into human rights

By Nicole Hasham
Updated February 9 2016 - 2:08pm, first published 1:20pm
Senator Sarah Hanson-Young was accused of "peddling lies" by chair of the committee, Senator Ian Macdonald. She replied: "You are a joke." Photo: Andrew Meares
Senator Sarah Hanson-Young was accused of "peddling lies" by chair of the committee, Senator Ian Macdonald. She replied: "You are a joke." Photo: Andrew Meares
Attorney-General Senator George Brandis and Australian Human Rights Commission President Professor Gillian Triggs during the estimates hearing on Tuesday. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Attorney-General Senator George Brandis and Australian Human Rights Commission President Professor Gillian Triggs during the estimates hearing on Tuesday. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Human Rights Commissioner Tim Wilson during the hearing. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Human Rights Commissioner Tim Wilson during the hearing. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Senators Barry O'Sullivan and Ian Macdonald during the hearing. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Senators Barry O'Sullivan and Ian Macdonald during the hearing. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Senator Sarah Hanson-Young was accused of "peddling lies" by chair of the committee, Senator Ian Macdonald. She replied: "You are a joke." Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Senator Sarah Hanson-Young was accused of "peddling lies" by chair of the committee, Senator Ian Macdonald. She replied: "You are a joke." Photo: Alex Ellinghausen

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