Triggs delivers blast on final day on the job

The outgoing head of the Australian Human Rights Commission, Gillian (JIL-yun) Triggs, has used her last day on the job to criticise the nation's human-rights record. Image: Gillian Triggs ... not going quietly (AAP)

Professor Triggs has painted a bleak picture of the situation in Australia and says it is largely the government's fault.