Greg Barns
Barrister and writer
Greg Barns is an Australian barrister, political commentator and WikiLeaks Party national campaign director. He is the author of several books, including “What’s wrong with the Liberal Party”.
It is very rare indeed for the leading judge in a state to grant an exclusive interview to a media organisation. But Victoria’s Chief Justice Marilyn Warren has done just that, providing the Herald Sun with a front page splash today, writes Greg Barns.
So can we expect the Victorian Director of Public Prosecutions or the President of the Victorian Children’s Court, Paul Grant, to be taking action against the Daily Telegraph today for its front page headline and story which names a 16-year-old youth, who is facing a child porn charge and a public nuisance charge? Greg Barns writes.
The Brumby government has a big problem – it has a Police Force which is incompetent, corrupt and which is jackbooted in its approach to law enforcement, writes Greg Barns.
On the face of it Edmund Hillary is to New Zealand what Don Bradman is to Australia. But that is where the comparison should end, writes Greg Barns.
The treatment of Indian spinner Harbhajan Singh’s case by the match referee Mike Procter was scandalous. But that’s not Procter’s fault – he was doing his job under the ICC rules, writes Greg Barns.
Not surprisingly, Gold Coast doctor Mohammed Haneef was today successful in beating off a challenge by former immigration minister Kevin Andrews to cancel Dr Haneef’s visa, writes Greg Barns.
Some of us have long predicted that when it comes to using anti-terrorism laws for political purposes, the Rudd government would be no better than the Howard government. It's early days but it looks as though that is the case, writes Greg Barns.
If this community wants to debate sentencing in our courts, then it needs to end its practice of selective outrage. We need to be highlighting sentences which, on any measure, are outrageously harsh, writes Greg Barns.
The aspect of this case that is perhaps the most sickening is the way in which politicians have thrown up their hands in horror and jumped all over Judge Bradley and the Crown prosecutor in the case. These politicians are the very same people who have allowed the rate of Indigenous offenders in prison to remain outrageously high year in and year out, writes Greg Barns.
The Mohammed Haneef case is about to hit the news again. And this time it will be Kevin Rudd’s government in the spotlight, writes Greg Barns.
