Podchaser Logo
Home
In That Case

Joel Townsend

In That Case

A Government podcast
 1 person rated this podcast
In That Case

Joel Townsend

In That Case

Episodes
In That Case

Joel Townsend

In That Case

A Government podcast
 1 person rated this podcast
Rate Podcast

Episodes of In That Case

Mark All
Search Episodes...
#ITC27: Claire Gibbs on Love and ThomsDaniel Love and Brendan Thoms moved to Australia when small children. Each of them had an Aboriginal parent. They never, though, became Australian citizens. When they faced visa cancellation because of
#ITC26: Peter Gordon on Rolah McCabe's caseRolah McCabe had terminal lung cancer when she brought proceedings against British American Tobacco, in 2001. She did not live to see the conclusion of the case, which soon turned into a fiercely l
#ITC25: Laurie Levy on Levy v VictoriaFrom the mid-1980s, Laurie Levy waged a campaign against duck shooting. In the early to mid-1990s, the High Court began to expand on the notion of an implied freedom of political communication. In 1994,
#ITC24: Sue Hackney, Jim McKenna and Rufus Black on Cobaw (part 2)In 2007, Cobaw Community Health Services tried to book a camp on Phillip Island for a weekend forum, for a group of young people identifying as same sex attracted. The camp m
#ITC23: Sue Hackney, Jim McKenna and Rufus Black on Cobaw (part 1)In June 2007, a staff member at Cobaw Community Health Services, Sue Hackney, tried to book a camp on Phillip Island for a weekend forum. She was booking on behalf of a group
#ITC22: Denis Nelthorpe on the HFC credit licensing caseConsumer credit practices in Victoria were not scrutinised closely until the 1980s, when the Consumer Credit Legal Service challenged the renewal of one credit provider's licence to op
#ITC21: Stuart Webb on NystromStefan Nystrom was born in Sweden, when his mother, an Australian permanent resident, was on holiday visiting her family in Scandinavia. He returned to Australia at when he was 27 days old. He lived his life in
#ITC20: Penny Cula-Reid on challenging discrimination in footballPenny Cula-Reid's remarkable journey has included involvement as a player in the inaugural season of AFLW football, and this year, success as a coach, winning the VFLW with Co
#ITC19: Corinna Horvath and Dyson Hore-Lacy SC on HorvathIn March 1996, police raided Corinna Horvath's home without a warrant. She spent several days in hospital as a result of the raid. She pursued a claim against the police officers invo
#ITC18: Alina Leikin on the 'Certain Children' casesIn late 2016, following a riot at a juvenile detention facility in Parkville, the Victorian government sought to convert a unit at the maximum security Barwon Prison into an alternative yo
#ITC17: Felicity Graham on BugmyThe question of how the criminal law ought deal with socioeconomic disadvantage, and in particular the disadvantage experienced by Aboriginal people, is one of the most challenging in sentencing law in Austra
#ITC16: Greg McIntyre on Mabo No.2Greg McIntyre was involved for the whole duration of the epic Mabo litigation, through which a group of Murray Islanders sought recognition of the survival of their native title rights. In 1992, the High Co
#ITC15: Greg McIntyre on Mabo No.1For more than a decade, Greg McIntyre was one of the lawyers at the centre of an effort by a group of Murray Islanders, seeking recognition in Australian law that their native title rights had survived Euro
#ITC14: Jeremy Jones on the Scully and Bible Believers casesSection 18C  is a fiercely debated section of the Racial Discrimination Act. In a series of cases in the 1990s and early 2000s, the Executive Council of Australian Jewry relied on
#ITC13: Jeremy Jones on the Toben caseIn 1995, new provisions were introduced into the Racial Discrimination Act. One of those sections, 18C, still excites considerable controversy. It prohibits certain kinds of offensive, racially motivate
#ITC12: Kimberley Castles and Rachel Ball on Castles v Secretary to the Department of JusticeIn late 2009, Kimberley Castles was imprisoned. She was undergoing IVF treatment at the time. She fought for her right to continue her fertility trea
#ITC11: Patrick McInerney on the Catch the Fire Ministries CaseIn 2002, a Christian group called 'Catch the Fire Ministries' conducted a seminar on Islam. Members of the Islamic Council of Victoria attended, and in response to what was presen
ITC#10: Jim McGinty on McGinty v WAFor many years, there was gross disparity in voting power in Western Australia, between electors in huge and sparsely populated regional electorates, and those in metropolitan electorates. It had long been a
ITC#9: Michael Kirby and Mark Aarons on the 1951 referendumAn extra episode, supplementing #ITC8: Following the finding of the High Court that the legislation effecting a ban on the Australian Communist Party was invalid, the Menzies governme
ITC#8: Michael Kirby and Mark Aarons on the Communist Party CaseThe banning of the Australian Communist Party, and the finding of the High Court that the legislation effecting the banning was invalid, were landmark events in Australia's polit
ITC#7: Tim Marsh on DPP v WaltersPoliticians regularly seek to constrain the discretion of sentencing judges. Victoria's baseline sentencing regime was a strange, unique, and ultimately unsuccessful attempt to do so. Tim Marsh talks about the
ITC#6: Ella Ingram on Ingram v QBEElla Ingram was excited about a school trip to New York City, but experienced depression and was unable to go. She made a travel insurance claim, but her insurer refused to pay. To her surprise, she found her
ITC#5: Brian Walters on environmental protestFrom bushwalking, to establishing Wild magazine, to supporting the Franklin Dam campaign, to decades representing environmental protesters. Brian Walters talks about this history, and about some ke
ITC#4: Tamar Hopkins on Haile-Michael v KonstantinidisWhen Tamar Hopkins started at the Flemington Kensington Community Legal Centre in 2005, she was immediately struck by the persistent complaints, from young people of African ethnicity, abo
ITC#3: Rodney Croome on Croome v TasmaniaIn 1993, Nicholas Toonen and Rodney Croome took Australia to the UN Human Rights Committee, on the basis Tasmania's anti-gay laws. After the Committee found Australia in breach of its international hum
Rate

Join Podchaser to...

  • Rate podcasts and episodes
  • Follow podcasts and creators
  • Create podcast and episode lists
  • & much more

Unlock more with Podchaser Pro

  • Audience Insights
  • Contact Information
  • Demographics
  • Charts
  • Sponsor History
  • and More!
Pro Features