Greg barns julian assange biography
He is an advisor to Julian Assange and WikiLeaks and was the national campaign director for the WikiLeaks Party..
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Greg Barns
Australian
Gregory Joseph BarnsSC (born 9 April 1962) is an Australian barrister, author, political commentator, mining company director and former political candidate based in Hobart, Tasmania.[1][2] He is an advisor to Julian Assange and WikiLeaks and was the national campaign director for the WikiLeaks Party.[3][4]
Early life and education
Barns was educated at De La Salle College, Malvern and Monash University, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1984 and a Bachelor of Laws in 1985.
Legal career
Barns was admitted to practice and called to the Victorian Bar in 1986, and to the Tasmanian Bar in 2003. He is also admitted to practice in New South Wales and Western Australia. He worked full-time as a barrister from 1986 to 1989, and from 2003.
He took silk in Tasmania in May 2020.[1]
Barns represented Ezzit Raad in the 2008 trial of twelve men around Abdul Nacer Benbrika charged with terrorism-rel