Law Report
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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.
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Apr 18, 2023 • 29min
Court ruling raises questions about NSW Covid fines; What is the 'dark fleet'?
What happens to tens of thousands of COVID-related fines in NSW after a Supreme Court ruling raised questions about their validity? How dangerous are the ageing oil tankers that help Russia dodge sanctions?
Apr 11, 2023 • 29min
ACT law to ban non-urgent surgery for intersex children; cryptocurrency in crime
The ACT Legislative Assembly is considering a draft law to protect intersex children from undergoing deferrable and non-urgent medical treatments. And is the use of cryptocurrency really the marker of a sophisticated legal mind? A warning that this episode contains descriptions of surgical procedures.
Apr 4, 2023 • 29min
WA bikies convicted for displaying club tattoos
In a legal first, a court in Western Australia has convicted three members of an outlaw motorcycle gang for displaying their club tattoos in public.
Mar 28, 2023 • 30min
Indigenous Voice: Justice Kenneth Hayne speaks to the Law Report
Former High Court judge Kenneth Hayne, a member of the Constitutional Expert Panel, speaks to the Law Report about the Federal Government's proposed referendum, and constitutional amendments, to create an Indigenous Voice to Parliament.
Mar 21, 2023 • 30min
SAS Veteran charged with war crimes: protestor prison sentence quashed: Botox alternative in High Court
An SAS veteran has been charged with the war-crime of murder under Australian law. A NSW judge has quashed the prison sentence of a protestor, and a cosmetic company selling a Botox alternative wins in the High Court.
Mar 14, 2023 • 30min
High Court overturns marijuana house murder convictions; tax help for prisoners
The High Court has overturned the murder convictions of four men found guilty of killing a man in an Adelaide cannabis grow house. And, if a prisoner has a tax-related question, who can they turn to?
Mar 7, 2023 • 30min
Duggan faces 'unusual' extradition charges; Australian regulators target corporate 'greenwashing'
Lawyers for former US marine Daniel Duggan have lodged a complaint to the UN Human Rights Committee citing 'degrading' detention conditions as his extradition case is set to return to court.
Feb 28, 2023 • 30min
US ruling to ban caste discrimination; UN expert warns against gay conversion practices
The US city of Seattle has banned caste-based discrimination and there are calls for Australia to legislate similar protections. And, the UN independent expert on sexual orientation and gender identity, Victor Madrigal Borloz, is in Sydney to address the WorldPride Human Rights Conference.
Feb 21, 2023 • 30min
High tech solutions to age-old crime of livestock theft
'Facial recognition for cows', GPS animal tags and DNA testing represent some of the technology being developed to help investigate and solve livestock theft and other farm-related crimes.
Feb 14, 2023 • 30min
Visa cancellations & deportation
Could changes to visa cancellation policies under section 501 of the Migration Act signal a softening of Australia's stand on deportation on character grounds? Also, the sticky note at the centre of a legal challenge to deportation. And fugitive Darko Desic is allowed to stay in Australia.
