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-
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Thats @TasLiberal government for you. Prop up a government business that has been insolvent themercury.com.au/news/tasmania/…
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A budget detail many missed last night was how the Albanese Labor government is addressing what it calls social cohesion. It is cutting $9 million from the Australian Human Rights Commission, the independent body that protects and serves every community equally.
When did @jeremyrockliff know this policy was bullshit? Did he lie in the election campaign? themercury.com.au/news/tasmania/…
Another case of @jeremyrockliff handing out taxpayers funds to corporations themercury.com.au/news/tasmania/…
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Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti has been imprisoned in Israel for 24 years.Systematically tortured and oppressed,a freedom fighter,not terrorist, says Free Palestine Melbourne @FPMelbourne @Robert_Martin72 @BarnsGreg @MichaelWestBiz @MattH093 @purplepingers
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@Mon4Kooyong @ChaneyforCurtin @dai_le @MrRexPatrick @WilkieMP @larissawaters @zalisteggall @JulianAssange_ @JulianBurnside @BarnsGreg @KieranPender @hrw @GeorgeNewhouse @ProfGWilliams @KaldorCentre @NSWBarPresident @VictorianBar @qldlawsociety Democracy of fascist dictatorship
davidshoebridge: 'You need to know about these laws. You don't have to do anything wrong and ASIO can question you for 24 hours. You can be strip searched, put in restraints. If you don't answer questions you can go to jail. It you tell anyone, you can go to jail.' #auspol
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Today is World Press Freedom Day. In Australia, Mary Kostakidis is under pressure for speaking out.
Unbelievable. Taxpayers fund a highly paid basketball coach to make a few speeches while homelessness has never been worse. themercury.com.au/news/tasmania/…
The mendicant corporate play book. Threaten closure to get the taxpayer on the hook. themercury.com.au/news/tasmania/…
Israel ethnic cleansing in Lebanon smh.com.au/world/middle-e…
Check @VAFA_HQ A Grade. Nearly every club is wealthy schools old boys. Why? Not the case in Adelaide and Perth theage.com.au/sport/afl/shar…
The Age goes tabloid. Who cares what a socialite called Bec Judd thinks theage.com.au/national/victo…
Members of Tasmania' Legislative Council rewarding the incompetence of @UTAS_ themercury.com.au/news/tasmania/…
@newbury3186 jailing children means more crime I Was a Tough-on-Crime Prosecutor. This Is What I Got Wrong. nytimes.com/2026/04/14/opi…
Greg Barns SC retweeted
When will the media start hitting Hanson with these facts. Her anti-immigration agenda is based on total distortions, exaggerations and lies and ignores the fundamental importance of immigration to Australia's economy and social advancement. It uses division to seek power.
Now One Nation is running the same play — campaigning to cut immigration by over 570,000, capped at 130,000. The actual data: net migration was 306,000 in 2024-25, already falling for the second consecutive year — and that figure includes temporary students and workers who leave.
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@toadmeister @JohnCleese @DanielDieppe Too many of the voters just don’t bother to vote, especially at local govt. Wide open for motivated activist takeover.
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