Bad laws will not stop hate speech, but invoke tyranny
The Bill to Combat Antisemitism, Hate and Extremism risks undermining rights, due process and democratic ...
Greg Barns
Greg Barns is the author of Rise of the Right: The War on Australia’s Liberal Values (Hardie Grant Publishing 2019).
Greg graduated BA LLB from Monash University in 1984. He has been a member of the Tasmanian Bar since 2003. He is the former National Chair of the Australian Republican Movement and a director of human rights group, Rights Australia. He has written three books on Australian politics, is a Director of the Australian Lawyers Alliance, and a member of the Australian Defence Lawyers Alliance.
State in crisis as it heads to another poll. Tasmania’s winter of discontent
Crippling debt, political turmoil and the controversial AFL stadium have left Tasmania in a state of crisis. Greg ...
Last chance for Julian Assange. It is time for Albanese to put his words into action.
Last week, Parliament voted overwhelmingly for a motion to end the Julian Assange case. This week, he is in the ...
Israel’s bombardment of Palestinians: is Australia complicit in war crimes?
Israel has killed more than 7000 Palestinians since the brutal Hamas attacks of October 7 sparked the war on Gaza. ...
Bad Lords behaviour: a gift to the republican movement, a troubling test of fairness
The Ashes has moved on from Lords, but the actions both sides six days ago still needs unpacking, writes Greg Barns.
Time to act Anthony Albanese, the Assange persecution cannot be allowed to go on
Now is the time to end the dangerous threat to basic freedoms and the rule of law that the Julian Assange ...
Assange is still in jail – what can the new government do?
UK Home Secretary Priti Patel has to decide whether or not to sign off on Assange's extradition to the US by the ...
Kill off the AAT: it’s stacked with Morrison’s Liberal mates and is no longer credible
Just before ousted Prime Minister Scott Morrison called the election, his Attorney-General Michaelia Cash stacked ...
Justice for whistleblower Bernard Collaery is as far away as ever
In a setback for the defence, top-secret evidence will be allowed in the prosecution of Bernard Collaery, who ...
Human rights violations now enshrined in legislation – in Australia
Last week, the Morrison government, supported by the ALP, passed a law that allows for security agencies, on the ...
Privacy rights jeopardised with Covid apps tracking every move
Law enforcement agencies have a cavalier attitude to the right to privacy and a “whatever it takes” attitude to ...
Greg Barns: the Rise of the Right and the War on Australia’s Liberal Values
In his latest book, 'Rise of the Right: The War on Australia's Liberal Values', barrister and commentator, Greg ...
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