Greg Barns SC
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Greg Barns SC
@BarnsGreg
Barrister and writer. Columnist with Hobart Mercury and Pearls and Irritations. Author of The Rise of the Right (Hardie Grant Publishing 2019)
Republic Chambers Hobart
Joined June 2011
- Lawyers who engage in lobbying to have journalists removed because they don't like their views should think about core values in a democratic society like freedom of speech. Values they should uphold.
- Just cancelling @MelbSymphony tickets It is cancelling a musician for speaking up for #Palestinians who are victims of #GenocideByIsrael @jaysongillham we stand with you
- Unbelievable that Australian media would quote Israeli PM #Netanyahu He is a wanted war criminal and perpetrator of #genocide
- Hundreds of attacks on Muslims in Australia since 9/11 but the media takes no notice. That's because Muslim lives matter less in this country and because of racism #auspol
- No outrage from the @ZionistFedAus or @australian about this. Because only anti semitism matters apparently
- A politician we must support. Putting human rights before #politics and unlike the Albanese government, standing against the #Israellobby
- Not one attack on a mosque in Australia has generated as much political and media attention as last week's attack on a Melbourne synagogue. All appalling but not treated equally. The prejudice and racism against Arab Australians is part of this nation's DNA. #auspol
- Australians who have fought with @IDF in #Gaza must be investigated to ascertain whether there is evidence of #warcrimes participation in #genocide
- Australian politicians telling police to charge protesters is a new low. Authoritarianism is here #Auspol
- Extraordinary that no Australian mainstream media outlet investigates the Israel lobby's undermining of Australian democracy. Free trips to Israel for MPs and journalists. Lawfare etc #auspol
- The #Zionist lobby in Australia is a threat to democracy and the rule of law. And worse still @AlboMP @spenderallegra and others are utterly beholden to it.
