S1 E4: Julian Assange, facial recognition and a controversial plan in NSW for compulsory blood testing of certain suspects.

Update: 2019-12-03

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The Wigs discuss the proposal for mandatory blood testing of persons charged with assault police and similar offences, the legal issues posed by the explosion in facial recognition technology and the Julian Assange case and whether the indictment threatens free speech and the right to publish.

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S1 E1: George Pell, abortion decriminalisation and the explosion in deportations in Australia.

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S1 E2: Raids on journalists, the case of Israel Folau and the explosion in strip searches.

2019-10-0301:10:17

S1 E3: Pill testing, prorogation and the age of criminal responsibility.

2019-11-0501:25:47

S1 E4: Julian Assange, facial recognition and a controversial plan in NSW for compulsory blood testing of certain suspects.

2019-12-0301:22:01

S1 E5: Class actions, unlawful arrests and the battle between rappers OneFour and the NSW Police

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S1 E6: Military aid to the civil power, the secret Witness J prosecution and should the swastika be banned?

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S1 E7: Love v Commonwealth; Thoms v Commonwealth (Why Aboriginal people can’t be aliens), SMH journalist Michaela Whitbourn and an essay on Alfred Piddington.

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