Greg Barns SC
97.9K posts
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.



