Greg Barns SC is the Spokesman for the Australian Lawyers Alliance and author of Rise of the Right: The War on Australia’s Liberal Values (2019). Admitted to the Victorian Bar in 1986, Greg has been very vocal against human rights abuses and has called for Australia to adopt a Bill of Rights to protect both its citizens and journalists who are tasked with scrutinising governments. He continues to practise as a barrister, lecture in law at RMIT and write for various publications.In this interview we discussed the erosion of human rights by powerful executive governments in their desperation to respond to Covid-19. Importantly, Greg stresses that the decline in human rights we are witnessing in Australia started long before and pandemic.-------------------------------------------New Orwellian Identify and Disrupt Lawshttps://youtu.be/23dP7JEPxWAGREG BARNS SChttps://twitter.com/BarnsGreghttps://www.linkedin.com/in/greg-barns-sc-8a898773https://www.booktopia.com.au/rise-of-the-right-greg-barns/book/9781743795422.htmlDISCERNABLEOur Private Community: discernable.locals.comThe Crew Mailing List: https://discernable.io/crewThe Video Archive: https://www.youtube.com/discernableThe Podcast: http://discernable.io/listen-------------------------------------------