Alan Jones apologises to Ian Barker QC Broadcaster Alan Jones. Picture: Kylie Davis Source: News Limited Facing the media Alan Jones has apologised for remarks regarding the Prime Minister's late father. BROADCASTER Alan Jones likes writing letters. It's how he gets things done in this city. He has bombarded public officials with so much correspondence it was once claimed the Prime Minister's Office appointed a political adviser to the unofficial position of "the minister for Alan Jones." But this year Jones wrote an unusual one: an apology to high-profile silk Ian Barker QC. The broadcaster agreed to write the apology after settling a defamation case brought against him by Mr Barker. Mr Barker sued Jones after the broadcaster attacked the barrister during his morning show, falsely claiming the lawyer was "paid comprehensively by the taxpayer to tell lies." Jones was referring to Mr Barker's role as a crown prosecutor in the case 30 years ago when Lindy Chamberlain, now Lindy Chamberlain-Creighton, was on trial for the murder of her newborn daughter Azaria. Read the full apology here Jones made the comment while interviewing Mrs Chamberlain-Creighton's former husband, Michael, about a book he wrote in which he described how he and Lindy were convicted, then acquitted, of the child's murder. Mr Barker sued, but Jones settled on the eve of it going to court. He agreed to pay Mr Barker a confidential amount and to write him a personalised letter of apology. In a letter titled "apology to Ian Barker QC," Jones admitted he claimed the lawyer "engaged in serious professional misconduct in the course of the trial." Jones wrote: "This is untrue and I now accept this to be the case." Mr Barker declined to comment when questioned about the letter, one of several apologies Jones has made. In December Jones was ordered to apologise over comments he made on air in 2005 when he referred to Lebanese Muslims as "vermin" and "mongrels." He also apologised to former PM Julia Gillard after saying her father had "died of shame" at a function.