Greg Barns SC
@BarnsGreg
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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
Pure evil. 20 Killed in Gaza Hospital Strikes. Netanyahu Cites ‘Tragic Mishap.’
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Five journalists, as well as medical workers, were among the dead at Nasser Hospital, where a second strike hit as ambulance crews were arriving. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the military...
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RT @TasConstSociety: #politas crossbench should take heed of @BarnsGreg advice in today’s Talking Point about supporting a human rights act.
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RT @GeorgesStPaul1: @BarnsGreg ALP Ministerial and Caucus cabal in grip of the AUKUS-Zionist axis -international legal obligations will be….
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If it were China or Russia, the imposition of sanctions and threats of harm to prosecutors and judges of the International Criminal Court would be front page news in Australia.
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Why Australia must protect the International Criminal Court from criminals and thugs like ##Trump and #Netanyahu. My piece today. Australia must defend International Criminal Court
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If it were China or Russia, the imposition of sanctions and threats of harm to prosecutors and judges of the International Criminal Court would be front page news in Australia.
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#Israel is a state guilty of #genocide #EthnicCleansing #evil and yet there are lawyers in Australia who still defend it.
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RT @KellieTranter: 'Australia’s recognition of Palestinian statehood sits uneasily alongside the government’s continuing policy to export m….
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RT @DA_Stockman: Howard Lutnick is a grinning nincompoop if there ever was one. This is just plain crony capitalist idiocy. taking Slee….
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RT @greenponds: @BrisMarSci Segal is an albatross awound Albo's neck. The sooner he cuts her loose and winds up her risible mission the bet….
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RT @CassyOConnorMLC: Free, free Palestine! 🇵🇸 . A huge turnout for justice, condemning the genocidal acts of a fascist regime, in Nipaluna/….
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RT @counterweights: DR W : Joe says outside USA “they all laugh at us.” I do my fair share of laughing from across the lake. But it draws….
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The #Israeli government led by the genocide enabler #Netanyahu has managed to turn the world against it. And yet it is not treated as a pariah state.
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Child abuse.Deportation of 6-Year-Old Puts Spotlight on ICE’s Detention of Families
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Immigration authorities have detained about 50 children younger than 18 in the New York City area since January. At least 38 of them have been deported.
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Ethnic cleansing genocide war crimes etc That's #Israel today. And yet no global sanctions. With Moves on West Bank and Gaza City, Israel Defies Global Outcry
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Israel approved new settlements in the occupied West Bank, while its troops have reached the outskirts of Gaza City. The developments raise questions about the viability of a cease-fire proposal.
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Says everything about the @LiberalAus that they defend a war criminal and genocide perpetrator #Israel PM Netanyahu.
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RT @tonywalker1: This is rubbish. Mr Albanese has not 'abandoned' Jewish people, nor have the vast majority of Australians who value their….
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RT @dirty_boulevard: @BarnsGreg Great article Greg!. "It is extraordinary that Australian universities would adopt the IHRA definition. The….
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My piece today on the failure of universities to stand up to the #Zionist lobby .
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Greg Barns looks at the legal implications for universities, who last year adopted an IHRA-aligned definition of antisemitism, in wake of a large scale boycott of the Bendigo Writers Festival.
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RT @tonywalker1: The only way to solve the problem is to 'extinguish every last piece of hope the Palestinians have.' This is the 'misunder….
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On Wednesday, Jan. 24, the Jewish society Shabtai hosted Simcha Rothman, a controversial Israeli politician who is a member of Israel’s far-right religious zionist party and chair of the constituti...
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Greens and Independents should abstain from voting on @DeanWinterMP no confidence motion. To vote against is to endorse a conservative incompetent @jeremyrockliff Liberal government. Disappointing to say the least @TasmanianGreens @KrisJJohnston @DavidOByrneMP.
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