S1 E8: Covid-19 Special (Courts, Gaols and Parliaments)

Update: 2020-04-01

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This is the first of a series of special episodes looking at the impact of the Corona Virus on Australia’s legal system and society. The Wigs discuss the Covid-19 related changes to the operation of the court system, the impact on prisoner populations and the way federal and state parliaments have responded to the virus.Our special guest is Rose Jackson MLC, a member of the NSW upper house who has a fascinating chat with The Wigs about how parliament is and should be responding to the crisis.

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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

S1 E8: Covid-19 Special (Courts, Gaols and Parliaments)

2020-04-0101:36:47