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”.
John White is a very lucky man. Today, the former Tasmanian ALP minister avoided getting a conviction for his role in the Tasmanian Compliance Corporation (TCC) affair. But should Mr White have got off so lightly?
Fear not Andrew Bolt, all is well. Victorian magistrate Greg Connellan may not be the bleeding heart leftie you assumed him to be when you criticised his appointment to the bench on 14 September, writes Greg Barns
The media is sometimes just downright cruel. If you were an average Joe prisoner, The Bulletin magazine would not take any sort of interest in your condition. If you are Rodney Adler, from Sydney’s eastern suburbs, then suddenly the Packer run Bulletin will pay you to recount tales of your jail experiences.
The demise of Malcolm Turnbull’s leadership ambitions yesterday was in part revenge by those Liberals -- right wing warriors such as Nick Minchin and Tony Abbott -- who have always treated the former Republican leader with shall we charitably say, suspicion, writes Greg Barns.
If the Liberal Party goes for Malcolm Turnbull it will be backing someone who is very different to John Howard, Peter Costello, or Brendan Nelson, writes Greg Barns.
Geoff Cousins, the ad man and former Howard government adviser promised that he would make life hell for Malcolm Turnbull in Wentworth, after Turnbull as Environment Minister gave the green light to a proposed pulp mill in the Tamar Valley in Northern Tasmania, writes Greg Barns.
The position of Attorney-General of the Commonwealth of Australia is one of the most important in government...
With Saturday's election looming, Greens Senator Kerry Nettle was the one being cynical and manipulative yesterday, not the Howard government, writes Greg Barns.
The AFL announced yesterday that it was appointing Family Court judge Linda Dessau as an AFL Commissioner. Perhaps Ms Dessau might care to give her fellow AFL Commissioners a lesson in fairness and the rule of law, writes Greg Barns.
The decision handed down by NSW Supreme Court judge Michael Adams concerning the case of Izhar Ul-Haque makes for disturbing reading, writes Greg Barns.
