Law Report
A podcast by ABC listen - Tuesdays
323 Episodes
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South Australia reduces sentencing discounts. Also, direct democracy in NZ and the US
Published: 10/20/2020 -
Appointing judges in the US and Australia and our consumer watchdog at work
Published: 10/13/2020 -
Elder abuse and COVID-19
Published: 10/6/2020 -
Claremont murder trial, judges and apprehended bias and Victorian children on remand who never receive a custodial sentence
Published: 9/29/2020 -
VALE Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg. High Court of Australia rules that an off-duty soldier can face trial in military court
Published: 9/22/2020 -
Bill to ban mobile phones in immigration detention. And Supreme Court win for remote NT residents over poor housing
Published: 9/15/2020 -
Judicial inquiry into COVID-19 hotel quarantine in Victoria
Published: 9/8/2020 -
Clive Palmer v WA, gag laws on sexual assault survivors in Victoria and considering personality disorders when sentencing
Published: 9/1/2020 -
VP Candidate Kamala Harris, Australian police accountability and body cams
Published: 8/25/2020 -
Tackling modern slavery
Published: 8/18/2020 -
Singapore introduces COVID 19 electronic bracelets. And media freedom in Malaysia
Published: 8/11/2020 -
What is a 'state of disaster'? And Sole Practitioner loses sexual harassment appeal
Published: 8/4/2020 -
Queensland parliament to vote on legalising Torres Strait Island childrearing practices
Published: 7/28/2020 -
Family violence killing found to be a workplace death
Published: 7/21/2020 -
New security laws are designed to confuse, says former Hong Kong barrister. And, should the Bernard Collaery trial be held in secret?
Published: 7/14/2020 -
Melbourne public housing lockdown, and US online library sued for IP breaches
Published: 7/7/2020 -
Covid-19 and family law
Published: 6/30/2020 -
Sexual harassment findings against retired High Court judge. Melbourne lawyer sentenced to jail for theft
Published: 6/23/2020 -
Retired Magistrate David Heilpern critical of NSW drug driving laws
Published: 6/16/2020 -
George Floyd killer charged with 2nd degree murder. Australian Black Lives Matter protests. And the case of the Hitler meme.
Published: 6/9/2020
From courtroom dramas to miscarriages of justice, to how the law affects you — and so much more. The Law Report is your accessible guide to the big legal stories unfolding in Australia and across the world.