Case In Point

In 2023, the High Court told the Australian government it couldn't lock people up forever in immigration detention.

This was a constitutional bombshell that led to political panic, and the fallout is ongoing.

Guest: Professor Luke Beck, Monash University.

Cases
NZYQ v. Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs & Anor [2023] HCA 37
Al-Kateb v Godwin [2004] HCA 37
YBFZ v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs [2024] HCA 40
EGH19 v Commonwealth of Australia [2026] HCA 7

Update: Australia’s high court orders ankle bracelets be removed and curfews end for 43 former immigration detainees

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When English lawyer Richard Meeran uncovered mining company Cape PLC's internal documents in the 1990s, he found damning evidence of one of the biggest international corporate cover-ups in history.

His friend, lawyer David Kinley, tells the story in "In a Rain of Dust", a real-life legal thriller.

In this episode:
How Meeran exposed the cover-up
How Cape PLC was prepared to fight dirty to keep it all suppressed, including targeting Meeran.
The surreal story of finding smoking-gun documents in an abandoned mining office

In a Rain of Dust: Death, Deceit, and the Lawyer Who Busted Big Asbestos by David Kinley

Guest: Professor David Kinley, Chair in Human Rights Law, University of Sydney Law School

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Every week, professional athletes break their bodies for our entertainment. So it will come as a huge shock to sports fans how poorly the law protects our sporting heroes.

In this episode:
How our sporting codes lobbied to carve athletes out of injury protection in the 1970s
How a Carlton player briefly cracked that system open in the 2000s before it slammed shut again, and
Why the concussion crisis gripping the AFL and NRL is forcing a reckoning today.

If you're paid to play, and paid to get hurt, why aren't you protected when the damage is done?

Guest: Associate Professor Eric Windholz, Monash University Law School

Case: Whitehead v Carlton Football Club Ltd [2005] VSC 257

Further reading
Why sports stars get less support than other injured workers – and how we can fix it by Eric Windholz
Professional athletes and injury insurance: A better way forward by Eric Windholz

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Who is to blame when one of Elon or Jeff's suspiciously shaped rockets crashes to Earth from space?

What is pseudo-law, and where did all these goddam sovereign citizens come from?

Why was the government forced to release over 100 serious criminals into the community?

These cases and plenty more coming in this new (and 99.9% improved™) season of Case In Point.

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When the US Supreme Court ruled in favour of a company called Hobby Lobby in 2014, it was hailed by conservatives as a win for the religious freedom of business owners.

Critics of the decision said it dealt a major blow to the rights of employees to access reproductive healthcare.

But there's more to this case than meets the eye. 

Has the Hobby Lobby case rewritten the rules about what a corporation actually is?

Guest: Associate Professor Steve Kourabas, Deputy Director, Centre for Commercial Law and Regulatory Studies, Monash University

Case: Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., 573 U.S. 682 (2014)

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