A “low-flying” barrister’s life and times working in the Magistrates’ Court
The Magistrates’ Court is the workhorse of the legal system, hearing both criminal and civil matters. Magistrates’ Courts around Australia hear the vast majority of sentenced court cases - more than 9...
14 Heinä 202244min
Coroner Leveaaque Peterson on giving a voice for the dead
We've spoken a great deal on this show over the years about the work of our state coroners, and today we finally got to meet one. Leveaaque Peterson was appointed a coroner by the Victorian state gove...
10 Heinä 202240min
Should sex offenders keep their super?
Many offenders who remain incarcerated can use their superannuation upon release to return to their lives luxuriating in their super, whilst their survivors generally are unemployed due to the longsta...
3 Heinä 202250min
No one is a monster: what a clinical psychologist thinks we should know about violence
Dr Ahona Guha is a Melbourne-based Forensic and Clinical Psychologist. Ahona works at pointy end of mental health and treatment - with people who have clinical presentations of harmful behaviours, tra...
26 Kesä 202249min
Forced adoptions in Australia, could it happen again?
Australia in the mid twentieth century has a dark history of forced adoption. Women who did not fit the moral expectations of the time (usually those who were young and unmarried) had their children t...
19 Kesä 202251min
The most unlikely drug runners you’ve probably never heard of - Short Cut
The bullet point version of today's episode of Australian True Crime.There’s stories that get under the skin of people, especially journalists. And this story you’re going to hear about is unbelievabl...
12 Kesä 202219min
The most unlikely drug runners you’ve probably never heard of
There’s stories that get under the skin of people, especially journalists. And this story you’re going to hear about is unbelievable. And most of us have probably never heard about it. Enter author Sa...
12 Kesä 202242min
Queensland's Crooked Kings
Matthew Condon is an Australian author and journalist who has published multiple books on the history of corruption in the Queensland police force and state government. Our conversation today covers t...
5 Kesä 202253min
