Radio Atticus
Monday 9:00am - 9:30am
2ser's law show with Justin Ellis
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Monday March 2, 2010
Radio Atticus gets the low down on drug protection dogs from Commander Donna Adney of the Surry Hills police, as Mardi Gras season continues we look into just how gay friendly workplaces are, and if Rudd takes Japan to court over whaling, will he risk Australian claims to Antarctica?
Monday February 22, 2010
Sniffer dogs in clubs and at dance parties: intimidation or salvation, the tax man cometh and he no longer needs to knock, and International Law - the NSW Young Lawyers launch a guide to get you started.
Monday February 15, 2010
Has the defence got it right in the Anwar Ibrahim sodomy trial, changes to workplace relations law give employees more choice with redundancy, and the no win-no pay method of payment, or non-payment in court cases, as the case may be.
Monday February 8, 2010
Is activism under threat from crippling fines and proposed changes to shared parenting laws. All this and more on Radio Atticus this week.
Monday December 7, 2009
Doubts over funding for the proposed national legal regulatory structure, calls for a no-fault compensation scheme, and the legal intricacies of your favourite music festival.
Monday November 30, 2009
Should pleas for clemency from perpetrators of genocide fall on deaf ears, is the government really serious about changing labelling laws, and to be or not to be - the ins and outs of wrongful births.
Monday November 23, 2009
What does a lawyer do when a client says, 'I'm guilty', defamation actions scaring the wit out of restaurant reviewers, and the non-racist government that won't reinstitute the Racial Discrimination Act in the Northern Territory.
Monday November 16, 2009
High court ruling says drinkers are responsible for their behaviour off licensed premises, the Victorian Liberal Party's call for jury sentencing: legitimate proposal or politcal stunt, and climate change deemed akin to a religion in the UK.
NSW Law Reform Commission Report 118 – Roles of juries in sentencing (2007)
Monday November 9, 2009
Gay Indian Prince calls for the decriminalisation of homosexuality throughout Asia, US lifts ban on HIV+ travellers, Australia’s first federal/state judge about to become a reality, and The Griffith University Innocence Project launches an e-petition to further their cause for DNA testing.
Voices Against 377 e-petition
Griffith University Innocence Project e-petition
Monday November 2, 2009
The war against smoke heats up, the dodgy legal dealings of a Swiss multinational in the UK exposed on Twitter, and will greater access to credit histories mean more debt for consumers?
Monday October 26, 2009
Terror 5 found guilty on circumstantial evidence, big business denying employees access to courts in the US, and is the end nigh for drug prohibition?
Where does the buck stop with gambling addiction? Are Indigenous youths better off in detention? And changes to human rights law in Spain mark an end to the "Pinochet effect."
Monday October 12, 2009 Radiothon special I
Whistleblower case brings into question just how free freedom of speech is in Australia, calls for the military to stop employing under 18s to send a clear message to child soldier recruiters worldwide, and dogs under fire in city cafes.
Monday October 5, 2009
Where to for evicted pedophiles? Changes to the Housing Act in NSW please vigilantes, but leave the problem unresolved, a senior counsel breaks the silence on discrimination against women at the bar, and celebrity trials: are they fair and do we want them to be? Also on Radio Atticus this week, the Aboriginal love story caught between black and white law.
Monday September 28, 2009
Mandatory sentencing used for political expediency in WA, Access to Justice Taskforce finds Australia's legal system is impenetrable and unaffordable and how multinationals are still holding farmers to ransom in their pursuit of a global trade monopoly on seeds. We also look at the Wunungmurra case, which has tested the parameters of the intervention with regard to cultural practice in the Northern Territory.
Monday September 21, 2009
The government softens its stance on victims of enslavement and human trafficking, the bail system that is failing NSW youth, and the national law reform agenda: where to now?
Monday September 14, 2009 Indigenous law special
To what extent should cultural background be considered in criminal trials, the heritage laws that may well accelerate the destruction of Indigenous culture in NSW, Circle Sentencing - how Indigenous communities are dispensing tailor-made justice. And we talk to leading Australian anthropologist and author Peter Sutton about how human rights have overshadowed the right to quality care in remote Aboriginal communities.
Monday September 7, 2009
East Timor to sacrifice war crimes trials to pay for a new legal system, the federal court tells creditors to get cosy in the Global Financial Crisis, and an Australian Bill of Rights: what's the hoopla all about?
Monday August 31, 2009
Will the decriminalisation of drugs in Mexico play into the hands of drug cartels, the teabagging incident that brought down the Australian military court, and our lawless hinterland: we look at how the legal fraternity is failing rural Australia and what's being done to champion justice on the land.
Monday August 24, 2009
When should the state be able to dictate what goes on in the bedroom? NSW local courts go online in the name of justice, and child brides bear the cost of being a commodity in Saudi Arabia. Also on the show this week, legal fees - are lawyers across the country taking clients on the wrong kind of ride?
Monday August 17, 2009
Indigenous artists hatch plan to foil dodgy art dealers, new anti-terrorism laws a mixed bag for social justice, and scientists call for a humanitarian approach to gene patenting.
Monday August 10, 2009.
Anna Bligh under fire over archaic abortion laws in Queensland, assisted suicide laws under review in the UK, and righting the wrongs of wrongful conviction with DNA evidence.
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Monday August 3, 2009. Shevonne Hunt's final show
When does poor taste become illegal? We look at the Kyle and Jackie O controversy. A new way of fighting climate change in the courts, family law under review and the price of being a human rights lawyer in China.
Monday July 27, 2009.
The Federal Attorney General's proposed new anti-terror legislation, how the Cambodian Government's using the law to recruit new party members, Rwandan village courts accused of human rights violations and how Underbelly may influence an accused's access to a fair trial.
Related links:
Cambodian Center for Human Rights
Monday July 20, 2009.
Homeless men at the Bondi Pavilion get a short reprieve, a NSW Parliamentary committee recommends laws be changed to give same sex couples adoption rights, prosecution of piracy on the high seas and a victory for the International Criminal Tribunal in Rwanda.
Related links:
Information for same sex couple adoption
Monday July 13, 2009.
This episode shows how law can be used for the forces of good!! Australian native title laws used to help Bedouins gain land rights in Israel, the first legal centre for intersex people and the Federal Attorney General strives to keep the death penalty in the past, with no political goal in site! We also take a peak at your legal rights and ticket scalping.
Related links:
Australia's death penalty history
Monday July 6, 2009.
Head of the United Motorcycle Council, Ferret, tells Radio Atticus what he thinks of the new anti gang laws, can diabetes be used as a defense for murder? High rates of depression in law students and professionals and making big business accountable for human rights abuses.
Related links:
Courting the Blues: Attitudes to depression in Australian law students and lawyers
Monday June 29, 2009. Stonewall special with Justin Ellis.
Same sex law reforms come into effect across Australia on July 1. In this special edition of Radio Atticus we talk to some of the people who have been instrumental in bringing about gay and lesbian law reform in Australia, and without whose contribution the new same sex laws would have been impossible.
We also celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall riots in New York City, considered the birth of the international gay and lesbian civil rights movement.
Monday June 22, 2009.
Antiquated migration laws force refugees to pay for their incarceration, Israeli military courts prosecute Palestinian children for throwing stones, the British High Court says it's ok to "out" political bloggers and your local footy club under threat from new Act.
Related links:
Report on Palestinian child prisoners
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