Politics and the Law

Sacred Ground

Quenten Agius is the keeper of his generation's Dreaming stories. For him the Dreaming is his bible – an invisible force that guides him through life and connects all things. It is his role to hand...

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Geoffrey Robertson's Hypotheticals

Geoffrey Robertson, QC, hosts and orchestrates a series of discussions on social issues, using a "hypothetical" format - i.e., an imaginary situation is created, and a selected panel of experts discus...

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The Party of Reagan

The Party of Reagan is a documentary about the increasing conservatism of the Republican Party and what it could mean for the world's biggest economy. Once led by the iconic Ronald Reagan, the GOP is...

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Canberra Confidential

A cemetery with lights...the world’s most boring city. Nothing much happens in Canberra, never has. That’s what most people think. ABC presenter Annabel Crabb is set to change your mind in Canberr...

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America's Broken Dreams

Lose your job in Australia and there's a good chance there will be a safety net to catch you. The Newstart allowance, Medicare benefits, along with other programs provide help. But it's a very differe...

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Compass - Churches on Trial

Geraldine Doogue investigates the child sexual abuse crisis in Australian churches from the groundbreaking 1992 Compass program The Ultimate Betrayal to Julia Gillard's Royal Commission announcement...

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Justice with Michael Sandel

Michael J. Sandel is the Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor of Government at Harvard University, where he has taught political philosophy since 1980. His popular book, Justice: What’s the Right T...

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Four Corners - A Matter of Life and Death

How authorities are failing to protect women and children in mortal danger, and failing to prevent their partners' homicidal rage. One woman at deadly risk was virtually abandoned to her fate by auth...

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Geoffrey Robertson's Hypotheticals - Closing the Gap

Closing The Gap is a landmark television program that explores the way forward between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australia. Geoffrey Robertson leads a panel of decision makers and stakeholders mad...

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Australia On Trial

Presented by historian Michael Cathcart, Australia on Trial is a thought‐provoking three‐part series recreating the historic trials that throw light on the Australia of colonial times. These high...

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