Climate change litigation

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Climate change litigation

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Jul 13, 2021

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Climate change is increasingly being raised in courtrooms around the world. The latest was brought by eight Australian school students and a nun who argued that the government owed a duty of care to protect children from the harmful effects of climate change. As journalist Greg Muller reports, climate change is now seen as a legal and financial risk as well as an environmental one.

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Jul 13, 2021

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Questions over Commonwealth Redress Scheme for survivors of institutional sexual abuse: There are concerns that the Commonwealth Redress Scheme, one of the key recommendations of the Royal Commission into Institutional Child Sexual Abuse, will never get off the ground. by Law Report - Full program podcast
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Work related pyschiatric injury in SA: Welfare of performance artists by Law Report - Full program podcast
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The Federal Government's Indigenous Procurement Program. Also Israel Supreme Court.: How effective is the Indigenous Procurement Program? Who is benefitting? And a leading Israeli civil rights lawyer warns that the 'democratic space' in her country is in danger of shrinking. by Law Report - Full program podcast
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Inside the Jury Room part four: Juror misbehaviour: Jurors can misbehave, threatening the right to a fair trial in many ways: Google searches; social media rants, contacting an accused, visiting a crime scene, even playing Sudoku in the jury box. How do we convince jurors to follow the rules? by Law Report - Full program podcast
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Extradition processes in the 21st century and Victoria parliament soon to debate treaty advancing legislation by Law Report - Full program podcast
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