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

Update: 2020-01-14

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The Wigs discuss the two recent high court decisions BMW Australia Ltd v Brewster/ Westpac Banking Corporation v Lenthall [2019]. A decision with big implications for how class actions are funded. Secondly the decision of NSW v Robinson [2019] in which the high court considered whether it is lawful for police to arrest someone for questioning and when they haven’t yet decided to charge them with a criminal offence. Lastly the wigs discuss rap group OneFour and their ongoing battle with the nsw police, can police and the courts stop them making their music?

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2019-09-0400:20

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

2019-09-0501:13:39

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

2020-01-1401:18:22

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

2020-02-1301:31:48

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.

2020-03-1701:23:24