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Expelled co-founder suing Greens after trans stoush [The Australian paywall]
Drew Hutton will face off against his former party in court, demanding reinstatement of his life membership and a public apology.
A massive manhunt for alleged police shooter Dezi Freeman is continuing in Victoria's mountainous north east. The 56-year-old is accused of killing two police officers, and seriously injuring a third, on a property near the town of Porepunkah last month. In the past, he has expressed ideas associated with the 'sovereign citizen' movement. So, who are sovereign citizens? And what impact are they having on Australia's justice system? Guest: Professor David Heilpern, Dean of Law, Southern Cross University; former Magistrate, Local Court of NSW
A prisoner who was meant to serve a 30-year sentence has instead died in hospital under the state’s voluntary assisted dying scheme.
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Justice Rangiah will conduct a hearing in the Antoinette Lattouf v ABC matter today at 10:15am AEST. Livestream available here - Federal Court of Australia - YouTube
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What implications do videolink technologies bear for the criminal process? What threat do remote proceedings pose for access to justice? How might emerging technologies be adopted by criminal courts and prisons? In this episode, Associate Professor Carolyn McKay joins co-hosts Victor Lin and Natalie Yeoman to discuss digital criminology and the intersection of emerging technologies with the criminal justice system. We explore the possibilities of entirely digital courtrooms using avatars and virtual reality, and the development of highly automated dystopian-like prisons, which Carolyn has witnessed in the course of conducting her research internationally.
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