Law The Podcast
Law The Podcast gives you access to the minds behind some of Australia's most significant legal cases and justice debates. Hosted by two of Australia's most respected legal minds, former Supreme Court judge Lex Lasry AM and leading barrister Greg Barns SC, the podcast goes beyond the headlines to explore crime, courts, politics, human rights and the legal stories shaping Australia and the world. Drawing on decades at the highest levels of the legal profession, Lex and Greg unpack the cases that shaped our past, the issues defining our present, and the debates that will influence the future of law and justice.
Episodes
Economist Saul Eslake joins Lex and Greg to examine the soaring cost of imprisonment in Australia, high rates of reoffending, and whether our tough-on-crime approach is delivering results or making the problem worse.
You can learn more about Saul's work at www.sauleslake.info
You can watch our episodes on Youtube here.
Hosts: Lex Lasry AM and Greg Barns SC
Guest: Saul Eslake
Editor: Michael Tankard
Produced by: Bravecasti...
Lex and Greg discuss the politics of tough-on-crime policies, the meaning of “community expectations” in sentencing, and the evidence on whether prison reduces reoffending.
They also discuss the Sue Neill-Fraser case, human rights in custody, and what Australia's criminal court statistics reveal about Australia's modern day justice system.
Four-time Richmond premiership player Michael Green joins the podcast to reflect on his remarkable journey from the football field to a distinguished career in law, and his life beyond the game.
You can listen to William and Lonsdale - Lives in the Law wherever you get your podcasts.
You can watch our episodes on Youtube here.
Hosts: Lex Lasry AM and Greg Barns SC
Guest: Michael Green
Editor: Michael Tankard
Produced by: Brave...
John Silvester, better known as “Sly of the Underworld”, joins us to reflect on more than four decades covering Melbourne’s criminal underworld, its most notorious figures and the stories behind some of Australia’s biggest crimes.
You can read Naked City here: https://www.theage.com.au/topic/naked-city-jbi
Listen to Naked City wherever you listen to podcasts.
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Australian barrister Richard Bourke joins us to discuss the case of Christa Pike, who survived a failed lethal injection in Tennessee, and what her case reveals about the realities of the death penalty in the United States.
You can watch our episodes on Youtube here.
Host: Lex Lasry AM
Guest: Richard Bourke
Editor: Michael Tankard
Produced by: Bravecasting Media
Original music by Justin Humphries - Phoenix Sound Stud...
Singapore is one of the few countries in the world that still enforces the death penalty for offences that do not involve intentional killing, including drug trafficking.
Singaporean anti-death penalty activist Rocky Howe and criminal lawyer and Director of Eleos Justice Sara Kowal discuss Singapore’s approach to capital punishment and the people living under its death penalty laws.
On this bonus episode we discuss the beginning of the Victorian Big Build Royal Commission, Trump’s fight with the US media, the Ben Roberts-Smith case, tougher sentencing laws and the ongoing debate over Australia’s war on drugs.
You can watch our episodes on Youtube here.
Hosts: Lex Lasry AM and Greg Barns SC
Editor: Michael Tankard
Produced by: Bravecasting Media
Original music by Justin Humphries - Phoenix...
Acclaimed Australian writer Helen Garner discusses her fascination with crime and how encounters with real-life cases have influenced her writing.
You can watch our episodes on Youtube here.
Hosts: Lex Lasry AM and Greg Barns SC
Guest: Helen Garner
Editor: Michael Tankard
Produced by: Bravecasting Media
Original music by Justin Humphries - Phoenix Sound Studios
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RMIT Dean of Law Professor Diana Bowman joins Law the Podcast to discuss how artificial intelligence is being utilised in law schools and what it means for the future of legal education.
Drawing on her extensive experience in the United States, Diana also reflects on how Donald Trump’s presidency has changed the US Supreme Court.
You can watch our episodes on Youtube here.
Hosts: Lex Lasry AM and Greg Barns SC
Guest: Diana Bo...
Jenny Hocking, award-winning biographer, historian and Emeritus Professor at Monash University, joins us to discuss her acclaimed biography of former Attorney-General and High Court Justice Lionel Murphy.
We explore the remarkable life, career and controversies of one of Australia’s most consequential legal and political figures.
You can purchase your copy of Lionel Murphy: A Political Biography here.
Lex and Greg discuss the mistrial in the Lindsay Clancy murder case, Australia's growing prison population and overcrowding, and the increasingly restricted role of character references in sentencing.
You can watch our episodes on Youtube here.
Hosts: Lex Lasry AM and Greg Barns SC
Editor: Michael Tankard
Produced by: Bravecasting Media
Original music by Justin Humphries - Phoenix Sound Studios
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Today we're joined by The Hon. Robert Redlich AM KC, who is a former Supreme Court of Victoria judge, former Commissioner of Victoria’s Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission (IBAC), and current Chair of the Accountability Round Table.
You can watch our episodes on Youtube here.
Hosts: Lex Lasry AM and Greg Barns SC
Guest: The Hon. Robert Redlich AM KC
Editor: Michael Tankard
Produced by: Bravecasting Media
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Tim Marsh joins us to explain how mental health is considered in the criminal courts, including what happens when someone argues they are not guilty by reason of mental impairment and how the law balances responsibility, treatment and public safety.
You can watch our episodes on Youtube here.
Hosts: Lex Lasry AM and Greg Barns SC
Guest: Tim Marsh
Editor: Michael Tankard
Produced by: Bravecasting Media
- Sydney Swans players suspended amid a sexual assault investigation
- A judge finds Sydney graffiti was wrongly labelled antisemitic
- The US sanctions the president and prosecutor of the International Criminal Court
You can watch our episodes on Youtube here.
Hosts: Lex Lasry AM and Greg Barns SC
Editor: Michael Tankard
Produced by: Bravecasting Media
Original music by Justin Humphries - Phoenix Sound Studios
Email...
Australian barrister Richard Bourke joins us to reveal what it is really like to defend inmates on death row and fight the death penalty in the United States.
You can watch our episodes on Youtube here.
Host: Lex Lasry AM
Guest: Richard Bourke
Editor: Michael Tankard
Produced by: Bravecasting Media
Original music by Justin Humphries - Phoenix Sound Studios
Email the show at lawthepodcast@gmail.com
- The release of David McBride
- Prisoner rights
- The banning of character references
You can watch our episodes on Youtube here.
Hosts: Lex Lasry AM and Greg Barns SC
Editor: Michael Tankard
Produced by: Bravecasting Media
Original music by Justin Humphries - Phoenix Sound Studios
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Rob Stary discusses his career defending some of Australia’s most notorious terrorism suspects and gangland figures.
You can watch our episodes on Youtube here.
Hosts: Lex Lasry AM and Greg Barns SC
Guest: Rob Stary
Editor: Michael Tankard
Produced by: Bravecasting Media
Original music by Justin Humphries - Phoenix Sound Studios
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An emergency episode of Law The Podcast examining Victoria's anti-corruption landscape, following the announcement of a Royal Commission into the Big Build, the release of IBAC's Operation Richmond report, and the end of the suppression order relating to Ralph Carr.
You can watch our episodes on Youtube here.
Hosts: Lex Lasry AM and Greg Barns SC
Editor: Matthew Tankard
Produced by: Bravecasting Media
Original music by Ju...
Australian judges are serving on Singapore's Supreme Court, but should they be part of an institution that imposes the death penalty?
You can watch our episodes on Youtube here.
Hosts: Lex Lasry AM and Greg Barns SC
Editor: Michael Tankard
Produced by: Bravecasting Media
Original music by Justin Humphries - Phoenix Sound Studios
Email the show at lawthepodcast@gmail.com
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Information Rights Project founder and brother of Julian Assange, Gabriel Shipton, joins us to discuss his work as a human rights advocate.
Hosts: Lex Lasry AM and Greg Barns SC
Guest: Gabriel Shipton
Editor: Michael Tankard
Produced by: Bravecasting Media
Original music by Justin Humphries - Phoenix Sound Studios
Email the show at lawthepodcast@gmail.com
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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