S2 E6: The Don Harwin affair and Australia’s “pre-crime” regime

Update: 2020-10-01

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In this episode the wigs tackle two topical legal issues. Firstly the controversial failed prosecution of NSW Minister Don Harwin. Secondly the operation of the NSW High Risk Offender scheme, under which people are detained and monitored for being an "unacceptable risk" of further criminal offending.

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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

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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.

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