Greg Barns SC

• Migration Amendment (Removal and Other Measures) Bill 2024 (Cth)

  17th Apr 2024

• New SA laws threaten rule of law

  22nd Feb 2024

  ‘An appalling and the most egregious attack on the rule of law we have seen in some time’ writes Greg Barns SC, in response to last month’s amendments to the State’s sentencing laws.

• Toothless tiger: Human rights committee sits helplessly on the sidelines

  31st Aug 2023

  In place of the highly recommended federal human rights act, Australia has a parliamentary committee without any real power, says Greg Barns SC. Since its formation in 2011, ‘there have been numerous examples of legislation and executive government policies which, if there were a human rights law in place, would have been subject to court challenge.’