The Law Report Podcast
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Breaking legal stories across Australia and overseas, analysing law reform, legal education, test cases, miscarriages of justice and examining legal culture. The Law Report is clear, jargon-free information about the law and those who make it, break it, and have to comply with it.
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Honour killings
Tue, Feb 07, 2012
The 'Honour Killing' murder trial that transfixed Canada. Last week a jury found a father, a mother and their son guilty of four murders. Three of the victims were their teenage daughters killed because they brought shame to their family. The Law Report looks at so-called honour killings and efforts to stop them in the UK, Iraqi Kurdistan and in Pakistan.
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Tuesday 31 January 2012
Tue, Jan 31, 2012
The International Criminal Court has just announced that it will put four prominent Kenyans on trial for crimes against humanity. It’s alleged the accused orchestrated the communal violence which followed the last national election.
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Tuesday 24 January 2012
Tue, Jan 24, 2012
The 'Gay Panic' partial defence to murder: A Catholic priest and a Methodist pastor and politician are pushing the Queensland government to abolish the so-called gay panic partial defence in murder trials. The campaign was galvanised by a killing in a Maryborough churchyard.
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Tuesday 17 January 2012
Tue, Jan 17, 2012
Ponki: the word means 'welcome' in the language of the Tiwi islands. It also means 'peace' or 'it's finished', and the spoken word is often accompanied by a hand gesture, waving the hand away from the body.
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Tuesday 10 January 2012
Tue, Jan 10, 2012
Bankruptcy, it's how creditors recover money from insolvent borrowers. But is it too easy to obtain?
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Tuesday 03 January 2012
Tue, Jan 03, 2012
Part three of a special documentary series on the trial of Leon Borthwick -- the man found guilty of the manslaughter of Mark Zimmer. This week the sentencing. The unfortunate handling of the victim impact statements leads to change across the Victorian trial system.
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Tuesday 27 December 2011
Tue, Dec 27, 2011
Victims of crime: what do they make of criminal trials? Part two of a special documentary series on the trial of Leon Borthwick, a man found guilty of the manslaughter of teenager Mark Zimmer.
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Tuesday 20 December 2011
Tue, Dec 20, 2011
On 16 November 2008, teenager Mark Zimmer was run over by Leon Borthwick. Mark died at the scene and Leon was charged with murder. Two years later, Leon was sentenced to seven and a half years for manslaughter. This week on the Law Report, the first of a three-part series, made over almost two years, which follows the harrowing murder trial process from the perspectives of both the grieving Zimmer family and the prosecution team.
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Tuesday 13 December 2011
Tue, Dec 13, 2011
Fights over wills and the latest legal stoush over the proposed gas processing hub in Broome WA
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Tuesday 06 December 2011
Tue, Dec 06, 2011
Courtroom interpreters: Recently a Sydney people smuggling trial was aborted because an Indonesian speaking juror noticed that the interpreter was getting it wrong. And a new report finds that judges and interpreters don’t see eye to eye. Interpreters complain about lousy pay and poor work conditions. Meanwhile judicial officers moan about poor quality interpreting.
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Tuesday 29 November 2011
Tue, Nov 29, 2011
Climate Change: Indian Ocean. If sea levels rise by just 1 metre, 30 million Bangladeshis will be displaced. Where will they go? What legal rights do they have? Are they refugees? And can big carbon emitting countries be held liable for their losses?
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Tuesday 22 November 2011
Tue, Nov 22, 2011
Climate Change: The Pacific. Climate change and rising sea levels. There are moves to relocate many people of the Carteret islands to other parts of PNG. But what about Kiribati? One day the entire country could disappear under the waves. Where will the people of Kiribati go? And without territory or a resident population, can a country simply cease to exist at international law?
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Tuesday 15 November 2011
Tue, Nov 15, 2011
Re Tracey: In October 2006, Tracey (not her real name) arrived in Australia in the arms of her drug trafficking mum. The girl went into foster care. But now mum's out of jail -- so should she stay with her foster family, or return to Cambodia? Forensic Orders: Steven Nixon is an Indigenous man who has to comply with a Queensland Forensic Order. He says his mental health won't improve until he can 'return to country' across the border in NSW. But his treating team in Queensland won't help him do that, until he obeys the stipulations of his order to stay in Queensland.
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Tuesday 08 November 2011
Tue, Nov 08, 2011
Transgender people all too often have to contend with discrimination and even violence. But legally their situation is improving. The High Court has handed down a decision which allows transgender people to alter their identity documents without first having major surgery. And the Federal Government has just relaxed the rules around passports, a reform which is transforming lives for the better.
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Tuesday 01 November 2011
Tue, Nov 01, 2011
Electronic Monitoring: Queensland is about to start GPS tracking of convicted sex offenders. Electronic monitoring of suspects and offenders has been around in various guises for almost 30 years and it's had great success in some jurisdictions. But it's technology that falls in and out of favour with governments.
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