The Informer

13 Sep 2019

Garry Burns on standing up to Mark Latham and One Nation

Government & Organisations, LGBTIQ

Sydney Activist Garry Burns copped an amazing spray from Mark Latham, former ALP leader, now a One Nation member in the New South Wales Upper House. Latham used his parliamentary privilege to accuse Garry Burns of using the New South Wales Anti-discrimination tribunal to harass Bernard Gaynor, a conservative Catholic commentator.  Garry talks to us about how he’s responding to this attack and his work.

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