Law Report
A podcast by ABC listen - Tuesdays
323 Episodes
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In a legal first, a car driver evading police is jailed for murder. And is the Races Power in our Constitution an anachronism?
Published: 6/2/2020 -
Two coronial inquests make findings about unconscious racism
Published: 5/26/2020 -
Covid-19 emergency responses for witnessing wills and redundancy payouts. And a win for traumatised US Facebook content moderators
Published: 5/19/2020 -
Covid-19 public health rules and the police
Published: 5/12/2020 -
Introducing Section 71: High Court cases that changed Australia
Published: 5/7/2020 -
Prisoners, drug users, the homeless and Covid-19
Published: 5/5/2020 -
Australia’s legal response to WW1 and the 1919 Spanish Flu
Published: 4/28/2020 -
High Court ruling exposes gaps in Australia's protections for public interest journalism. And is it still murder if the victim dies eight months after the assault?
Published: 4/21/2020 -
How will the $130 billion JobKeeper package work? And workers' compensation at home
Published: 4/14/2020 -
George Pell freed from prison following High Court decision
Published: 4/7/2020 -
Criminal and civil courts in the age of COVID-19
Published: 3/31/2020 -
COVID-19, prisons and the courts. And the homeless man fined for dumpster diving
Published: 3/24/2020 -
How the coronavirus crisis is stress-testing commercial contracts. And how enforceable are self-isolation orders?
Published: 3/17/2020 -
Protecting buyers from dodgy car loans
Published: 3/10/2020 -
High Court clears former London cop of blowing up his holiday home. Also, should juries in child sex-abuse trials hear about prior convictions?
Published: 3/3/2020 -
Legal diversity in Malaysia
Published: 2/25/2020 -
Former Facebook moderator sues social media giant for PTSD
Published: 2/18/2020 -
The High Court rules Indigenous people can't be 'aliens'. Plus, is illegally obtained evidence allowed in court?
Published: 2/11/2020 -
Bushfire smoke, air pollution and the law
Published: 2/4/2020 -
Two Queensland Court decisions involving workplace injuries.
Published: 1/28/2020
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.