John Gallagher KC is an Australian barrister.
[4] At the time of his appointment to the ABC board, he had been a member of the Queensland Bar for 35 years, and a Queen's Counsel for 17 years.
Prior to his appointment to the ABC Board, he was: As a King's Counsel, Gallagher's experience spanned environmental, town planning, heritage, licensing, broadcasting tribunal, valuation and general commercial cases.
He delivered papers at International Bar Association conferences in America, Europe and Asia.
[3] In 2006, he was part of that board when they controversially decided not to publish the book Jonestown: The Power and the Myth of Alan Jones, a biography of Sydney radio broadcaster Alan Jones written by ABC journalist Chris Masters.