DBL: The electoral system revealed: 31 August 2010
Written by camilla on August 31, 2010Tonight on Done by Law we are joined by Stephen Luntz, elections analyst for the Greens, who’ll answer all our questions about the recent Federal election and how we ended up with a hung parliament (and what that means). It is early days for electoral analysis, but he will give us his initial thoughts about what happened [...]
GetUp for your right to vote!
Written by Julia on August 23, 2010Today on Done By Law we talk to Ben Schokman, the Director of International Human Rights advocacy at the Human Rights Law Resource Center located in Melbourne about the recent litigation the Center launched together with GetUp! about the right to vote of unregistered voters.This is the second public interest case the Center has been [...]
DBL: The Vienna Declaration: 10 August 2010
Written by camilla on August 10, 2010The 18th International AIDS conference was held this year in Vienna, Austria. The Vienna Declaration, which calls for international reform of illicit drug policies, is the official declaration of the conference.
Joining us tonight on Done by Law to discuss the Declaration is Dr Alex Wodak, who has long been an outspoken advocate for a harm [...]
A Stifling Climate: Democracy, Coal Protest Laws and the Climate Movement
Written by Julia on August 9, 2010A forum was held on Thursday 5 Auguest about two new offences created by the Victorian parliament late last year specifically aimed at deterring protest activity at coal-fired power stations. Panel members discuss the legal and civil liberties implications of the laws as well as the ways to understand and respond to this narrowing of [...]
Parole for Lex Wotton: Lessons from Palm Island: 3 August
Written by alex on August 3, 2010Lex Wotton has just been paroled. For him, this closes another chapter in his struggle for the mistreatment of people on Palm Island to be stopped. Lex Wotton was found guilty of riot in the wake of the tragic death in custody of Mulrunji (Cameron) Doomadgee in custody in 2004. We hear from Craig Longman, [...]
