Radio Atticus

Thursday 6:30pm - 7:00pm

2ser's law show with Justin Ellis

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Thursday, 2 September

The first civilian makes it onto the CIA hit list, is the lack of clarity in occupational health and safety laws fueling a growing compensation culture, and goodbye Nauru and East Timor? The High Court challenge by asylum-seekers that has politicians worried about the legitimacy of off-shore processing.

Monday, August 23

Is fast-food advertising breaching the rights and interests of children? Will Australians be able to enroll online for the next election? And what's going on with press freedom in Fiji? We get the low-down from the ground in Suva.

Monday, August 16

Is recognition of indigenous Australians in our constitution the final frontier of acceptance for aborigines, and a new interpretation of the Australian fair go – mandatory sentencing for harbouring illegal aliens.

Monday, August 9

Homelessness invisible on the 2010 election campaign trail, what’s the difference between abuse, discrimination and a hate crime, and copyright law - technology saves the day for independent performers.

Monday, August 2

Suspended sentences under scrutiny in New South Wales, the Get Up High Court and Federal Court challenge to protect voting rights in Australia, and intoxication and the law – how does it work, and what’s at stake?

Monday , July 26

Calls for the law to help reduce the incidence of Australia’s second biggest killer - cancer, intellectual property rights increasingly in the dock as the law tries to catch up with technology, and the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club launches a pre-emptive legal strike against NSW police.

Monday, July 19

When consent between adults in the bedroom becomes a crime, civil liberties under threat as NSW police move to have bikie gang outlawed,

and the law and sport – when what happens on the court, ends up in the courtroom.

Monday, July 12

On the 50^th anniversary of the publication of To Kill a Mocking Bird, we speak to former high court justice Michael Kirby, about the book and its relevance to the pursuit of social justice in Australia, calls for referendum reform as politicians come under fire for using the system for political gain, and earth law – what is it, how does it work, and who does it represent?

Monday July 5, 2010

Protests in Papua New Guinea as Attorney General tries to silence critics of amendments to the environment act that put an end to litigation against resource projects, no charges laid in Western Australia over the death in custody of Aboriginal elder, and the advertising standards bureau – protecting our rights or undermining them?

Ramu Nickel Mine Watch

Monday June 28, 2010

Radio Atticus shuts down fake Pro-Choice website set up by opponents of abortion, has Virgin gone too far with the sex sells message, and defining aggression - the International Criminal Court gets serious.

Monday June 21, 2010

Protest to bans on legal action against resource projects in Papua New Guinea grows as fears of a BP scale disaster rise, foreshore and seabed rights to go back to Maoris in government about face in New Zealand and Norfolk Island to lose its sovereignty – we talk to Island residents about the Territories Law Reform Bill 2010.

Monday June 14, 2010

Calls for churches to fall into line with anti-discrimination legislation, online defamation making its way into our courtrooms, and the law in Papua New Guinea that bans legal challenges to government-based resource projects.

Monday June 7, 2010

Radio Atticus and Reportage, the Australian Centre for Independent Journalism's online publication, investigate the legality of holiday surcharges just in time for the Queen's Birthday long weekend, and with famed graffiti artist Bansky taking to our streets, we explore graffiti and the law - when is it art, and when is it a crime?

ACCC FAQs

reportageonline.com

Monday May 31, 2010

Calls for a form of female circumcision to be allowed in Australia, no legal transparency for deportees as Australia fails to honour its international agreements and send 13-year resident Muslim cleric back to Iran, and we speak to NSW Director of Public Prosecutions Nicholas Cowdery about respect and human rights at the launch of the NSW Young Lawyers Know Your Rights Card.

Monday May 24, 2010

We talk to former high court justice Michael Kirby about a new documentary made about his long and illustrious life inside and outside of the courtroom, the law and order auction intensifies in NSW as we get closer to the upcoming election, and foreign aid: should we be giving more?

Monday May 17, 2010

Why do law students have the greatest rate of depression among the nation’s universities, are environmental lawyers losing out with the pull back on the emissions trading scheme, and random breath testing for pedestrians: the push to take the breathalyzer onto the footpath.

Monday May 10, 2010

Is religious expression under attack in the UK? Are brain scans the new DNA of forensic science? And the signing of a new cyber crime treaty by Australia raises more questions about the Rudd government’s mandatory internet filter.

Monday May 3, 2010

The likelihood of a war crimes tribunal in Sri Lanka grows as the Sri Lankan government asserts there is no need for one, the UN says NSW laws allowing sex offenders to be detained in prison after they’ve finished their jail sentences are unlawful, and new immigration laws in the US: racist or necessary?

Monday April 26, 2010
Is the NSW Government doing the bidding of the mining industry by introducing the Land Access Bill, therapeutic justice to end the era of the warrior lawyer, and the Kalgoorlie-Boulder Aboriginal Community Court in WA continues to dispense justice in one of our remotest courtrooms.

Kalgoorlie-Boulder Community Court

Monday April 19, 2010

Has the focus on gay marriage obscured the campaign to repeal laws such as the homosexual advance defence?

Calls to amend the NSW Bail Act growing from the legal profession and politicians.

And the bail case in WA that has the law, the public, and everyone in between more than a little confused.

Monday April 12, 2010

Euthanasia advocates on the blacklist for the government's mandatory internet filter, beyond reasonable doubt: DNA evidence in the dock, the US warms to the International Criminal Court, and the rise of the Google search by employers: is it legal?

The Innocence Project at Griffith University

Exit International

International Criminal Court

Sydney Institute of Criminology

Monday April 5, 2010

Twitter in the courtroom - a boon for open justice, the NSW Bar Association says article on ‘punitive’ judge is irrelevant and potentially misleading, and the Hey Dad scandal - trial by media, or the right to know?

Monday March 29, 2010

This week on Radio Atticus we take a look at how developing countries navigate the treacherous waters of the World Trade Organisation, what constitutes a negligent disposal of carbon dioxide, and renewed calls for a war crimes tribunal in East Timor.

Monday March 22, 2010

Papuans get a fairer deal from the law, a UK mining giant losing out to the faithful in India, and Mamdouh Habib wins his defamation appeal against the Daily Telegraph.

Survival International

Monday March 15, 2010

Changes to secrecy laws good news for whistleblowers and freedom of expression, Workcover NSW under fire from the high court over industrial murder, and Sydney University student representatives up in arms over changes to courses.

Monday March 8, 2010 International Women's Day special

Radio Atticus get's involved in Interantional Women's Day with stories in law affecting women throughout the country and across the globe. Stories in this edition of the show include how Australian women are helping their counterparts in PNG become finacially independent, inequality in the law - when will it end in Australia, and Aboriginal artist Banduk Marika talks to Radio Atticus about why a code of conduct for agents selling art by Indigenous artists is imperative.

International Women’s Day website

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.

NSW Young Lawyers

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.

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